a close up of a sword with a metal handlea close up of a knife with a handle on itpair of old and worn swords on a white surfacepair of old and worn swords on a white surfacea close up of a knife on a white backgrounda close up of a knife that has been cut in halfa large knife that is sitting on top of a table
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FRANCE Montmorency Grenadier sabre ‘With the climbing lion and the cockerel’ 18th/19th century Openwork brass hilt featuring a climbing lion and a cockerel, filigree-decorated leather tang, slightly curved blade with a flat back and a fuller, bearing on one side a flaming grenade and the inscription ‘Grenadier’; signs of oxidation, leather scabbard decorated with linework and featuring an iron ring fitting stamped with the inscription ‘Garde Champêtre de Semons’; the pommel is missing (damage and losses). A sabre that has had several lives and ended its career in the service of a rural constable, 83 cm
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About the sale GRENOBLE - Weapons, Militaria, Historical Memorabilia
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Auction time 11/03/2026 at 2:00 PM
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