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PICHON & NOUDEL-DENIAU, Commissaires-Priseurs

346 - OFFICER’S UNIFORM SWORD, Vendémiaire Year XII staff officer …
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Estimate €150 - €200
Description
OFFICER’S UNIFORM SWORD, Vendémiaire Year XII staff officer type. Wooden hilt, watermark missing. Gilded and chiselled brass mountings, pommel featuring a plumed helmet, single-bar guard, body knot decorated with ancient trophies, straight quillons with leaf motifs. Foliated half-shell pommel. Flat-backed blade, engraved, gilded and blued to one-third of its length. Length: 100 cm. A.B.E. (Signs of wear). SF. Note: the bivalve shell has been converted into a half-shell, which is less cumbersome to wear, and redecorated on the underside with a dotted pattern, in keeping with the period. Expert: Arnaud de Gouvion Saint-Cyr
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Auction time 07/08/2026 at 10:00 AM
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