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France, Louis-Philippe (1830–1848).
See original version (French)
205
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France, Louis-Philippe (1830–1848).
See original version (French)
Estimate €80 - €120
Voluntary lot
Description
France, Louis-Philippe (1830–1848).
Model 1816 foot artillery sabre for an officer or non-commissioned officer of the National Guard, with a reduced-size hilt and fitted with a blade dating from the First Empire.
One-piece cast brass hilt with eighteen scale-like ridges and no rivets. The pommel is decorated with the cockerel of the July Monarchy; the right side rests on a globe, inscribed within a medallion on a sandblasted background on each side. Straight crossguard with a sandblasted background, decorated in the centre with a five-petalled flower between two palmettes. Straight blade with a mottled grey patina, hollow-ground edge and flat back with a small groove near the spine, engraved with floral motifs, an eagle on one side and a helmeted face on the other, and maker’s mark on the heel “Mfture du Klingenthal Coulaux Frères” corresponding to production circa 1810–12.
52.5 cm (Blade 40 cm).
(Signs of wear and use; a variant of an officer’s sabre with smaller dimensions, uncommon; in fairly good condition).
National Guard sabre with cock motif and First Empire blade
See original version (French)
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Ref. : 0027950 - 30
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