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210 - Chasseurs’ officer’s sabre, 1790-style hilt, with a single b…
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Estimate €1,000 - €1,200
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Description
Chasseurs’ officer’s sabre, 1790-style hilt, with a single brass branch, a long pommel adorned with braiding, and a fully filigree-worked tang; blade with a hollow edge, a lateral fuller in the centre, ending in a counter-cut, gilded and blued over one-third of its length, marked on one side: ‘VIVE LE ROY ET LA NATION’, adorned with two crossed swords, surmounted by the royal crown and surrounded by fleurs-de-lis; on the other side, the Latin motto: ‘PRO LEGE REGE ET PATRIA? surmounted by the crowned arms of France, with a fleur-de-lis on either side at the heel; back inscribed: ‘Capitain de chasseurs’ (blade probably re-gilded and re-blued); wooden scabbard, slits covered with leather, two brass fittings and struts; length 89.5 cm. (Later scabbard). Date: circa 1790, Constitutional Monarchy. Good condition.
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About the sale Antique weapons, historical memorabilia and decorations
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Auction time 11/04/2026 at 11:00 AM
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