Artillery officer’s saber, with a three-pronged chasseur-sty - Lot 218

Lot n° 218
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1200 - 1500 EUR
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Artillery officer’s saber, with a three-pronged chasseur-sty - Lot 218
Artillery officer’s saber, with a three-pronged chasseur-style guard in gilded brass, adorned with fillets; the third prong is broken and missing; the pommel has a long tail engraved with flowers and foliage; the chapeons are shuttle-shaped; the front one chiseled with two crossed cannons held together by a ribbon, with cannonballs below and laurel branches on either side, the other featuring a fleur-de-lis and a spiderweb; curved blade with a double edge and a counter-cut edge, carp-tongue tip, engraved, gilded, and blued one-third of the way up, signed on the heel: “S & K”; iron scabbard, two brass ring clasps, engraved and gilded in a continuous design on the front and, on the back, featuring a fleur-de-lis; length 106.5 cm. (Oxidation on the blade; the scabbard entry is missing). Early Empire period. Fairly good condition.
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