Beautiful and rare sword of senior officer of infantry on th - Lot 330

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Beautiful and rare sword of senior officer of infantry on th - Lot 330
Beautiful and rare sword of senior officer of infantry on the model of those of the Hundred Swiss, manufacture of Manceaux in Paris: One-branch brass hilt, finely chiselled and gilded, hollowed out arm, body knot of a shape peculiar to the swords of the Hundred Swiss, chiselled with a palmette or a stylised fleur-de-lis, 1816 type cap, flat on the top, with hidden rivet, fuse covered with grief, filigree; blade blued to the third and gilded, decorated with trophies, the arms of France crowned in a shield and the inscription : "Vive Le Roi"; it is signed at the heel: "Manufre Royale du Klingenthal" and "Coulaux Frères"; leather scabbard with two gilded brass trimmings, adorned with fillets, bouterole finished with a button, the cap is signed at the back: "Manceaux à Paris"; length 85 cm. (Leather stitching repaired). Restoration period. Very good condition. We do not know any other senior officer saber, for the junior officer model, see the Ariès book, 2nd issue 1966, plate 6, n° 14 to 19.
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