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Light cavalry officer’s sabre. Year IX model
See original version (French)
10 - 1
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Light cavalry officer’s sabre. Year IX model
See original version (French)
Estimate €500 - €800
Voluntary lot
Description
Light cavalry officer’s sabre. Year IX model
Brass mountings. Three-pronged guard with smooth, shuttle-shaped side plates and a fillet. Tang covered in filigree leather. Curved blade with hollow edges and a rounded back, decorated on its first third with a blued and gold design featuring trophies and flowers, dated 1813 or 1815 beneath the guard. Steel sheet scabbard with two brass fittings fitted with two loop rings.
Total length: 104 cm (99 cm without the scabbard).
First Empire period.
Condition: signs of wear, the bluing on the blade has faded, traces of oxidation and protective chrome plating on the steel scabbard.
See original version (French)
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