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CHALOT & ASSOCIES

253 - IMPERIAL GUARD LIGHTER SABRE, MODEL 1803, with a single-bran…
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Estimate €300 - €400
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Description
IMPERIAL GUARD LIGHTER SABRE, MODEL 1803, with a single-branch brass hilt featuring a decorative upper coil, a wooden grip sheathed in sheepskin and bound with braided brass wire, a short-tailed cap, and a curved quillon. Probably a reused 71 cm curved blade with hollow edges, fuller grooves and a flat back, blued and engraved in the upper third with symbols, marked on one side across three lines with ‘VAINCRE / OR / DIE’ and on the other, across five lines, ‘FOR / THE / SALVATION / OF MY / COUNTRY’, black leather scabbard with brass fittings, Revolutionary period, First Empire, ABE.
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About the sale ANTIQUE WEAPONS & MILITARY SOUVENIRS – The Régis LAGARDE Collection – Act II
Auction location
Auction time 10/31/2026 at 1:30 PM
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