Second-model saber of an officer of the King’s Bodyguard, wi - Lot 208

Lot n° 208
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Second-model saber of an officer of the King’s Bodyguard, wi - Lot 208
Second-model saber of an officer of the King’s Bodyguard, with a four-pronged hilt chiseled with laurel leaves, featuring the crowned royal coat of arms in the center, a fully chiseled, long-tailed cap, adorned at the top with a lily in a medallion; the tang is covered with shagreen and filigree (the lower ring of the tang has been replaced); slightly curved blade, double fuller, gilded and blued one-third of the way up, replaced at a later date; iron scabbard, two flat bands adorned with fillets, button-shaped pommel, chiseled brass scabbard mouth decorated with foliage motifs. (Probably modified following a change in purpose). Second Restoration period, from 1815 onward. Good condition.
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