Sword of a senior officer, likely from the Corps of Engineer - Lot 163

Lot n° 163
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Sword of a senior officer, likely from the Corps of Engineer - Lot 163
Sword of a senior officer, likely from the Corps of Engineers, with a chiseled and gilded brass hilt; the hilt is entirely adorned with laurel leaves and, in the center of each side, features an eagle’s head within a medallion, asymmetrical hilt adorned with an antique-style trophy of arms, including a cuirass; double leaf-decorated crossguard; pommel chiseled with a trophy of arms, acanthus leaves, and laurel branches; shaft of checkered fruitwood; triangular blade engraved one-third of the way up, gilded at the heel, and signed: “I G B”; length 93.5 cm. (Without scabbard). Early Empire period. Good condition.
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