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Minerve Enchères

167 - Light cavalry officer’s sabre in the chasseur style.
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Estimate €300 - €400
Description
Light cavalry officer’s sabre in the chasseur style. Horn hilt with filigree, brass mountings, three-pronged guard decorated with laurel friezes and shuttle-shaped pommels adorned with small flowers. Scabbard cap with a long skirt, monogrammed ‘JG’ in Gothic script. Curved blade with a flat back and hollow edges, engraved one-third of the way up and signed on the heel ‘P. Knecht in Solingen’. Iron sheet scabbard with two clasps (oxidation). Length: 97 cm. With a braided wrist strap. ABE, mid-19th century.
See original version (French)
About the sale Sabres and headgear from the 19th century and the First World War
Auction location
Auction time 10/10/2026 at 11:00 AM
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