* Cavalry officer's saber known as "petit Montmorency", gild - Lot 431

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* Cavalry officer's saber known as "petit Montmorency", gild - Lot 431
* Cavalry officer's saber known as "petit Montmorency", gilded brass hilt with a fluted branch and openwork shell depicting a swordsman and trees, openwork top with rays, scalloped quillon, long-tailed cap ending in a lion's head, fully filigreed spindle; blade engraved on one half of one side with inscriptions in two cartouches: "VIVRE - LIBRE - OU MOURIR" and "POUR - LA - NATION - LA LOI & LE ROI", following a standing Republic surmounted by a banner marked: "LIBERTE", on the other side an armed man holding a shield engraved: "LA NATION", above an inscription: "LA LOI" and a figure in a bicorne, remains of bluing and gilding; leather scabbard with three brass fittings and two rings, cap embellished with a button; length 92 cm. (Some oxidation on the blade). Circa 1790/1792, "le Roi" marking retained. Good condition.
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