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two swords, one with a brass handle and the other with a brass handlea very old looking sword with a very long bladea sword that is on display on a tablea close up of a sword with a metal handlea close up of a sword with a gold handlea close up of a sword on a gray backgroundan old wooden spoon with a wooden handle on a gray background
Hôtel des Ventes Tourny

106 - 1872-model Medical Corps officer’s sword, with a fine straig…
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Estimate €130 - €160
Description
1872-model Medical Corps officer’s sword, with a fine straight blade measuring 860 mm, stamped ‘FBD’ (François Backes and Delacour, Parisian swordsmith) at the pommel, gilded brass hilt with a single arm, pommel featuring the caduceus within a crown, filigree tang and a movable counter-pommel engraved with the officer’s initials, scabbard with a single nickel-plated steel strap and lyre-shaped pommel, minimal wear otherwise in very good to excellent condition, preserved in its protective suede-like case, rare in this condition, total length 1055 mm, France, Third Republic period. EXPERT: Mr Hervé MATOUS
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About the sale Militaria
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Auction time 09/16/2026 at 8:00 PM
ID: 88411849
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