France, Revolution (1789-1795). - Lot 39

Lot n° 39
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France, Revolution (1789-1795). - Lot 39
France, Revolution (1789-1795). Glaive de l'Ecole de Mars, 1794. Brass mounting, twelve-row scale handle and ovoid pommel with rivet button. Rectangular crossbar with trapezoidal pommels decorated with a Phrygian cap in relief. Guard with one branch in stock and steel, directed upwards and two quillons in steel curved downwards, nicknamed "the antennas", and ending each one by an olive in brass. The guard arm is stamped with the Klingenthal rooster (badly stamped, only part of the rooster is visible). Straight white blade with stains and traces of oxidation in places, with an attenuated middle edge, the point in a triangle in the extension of the edge. The scabbard is made of wood sheathed in brass sheet metal with two hollows ending in a bolt embossed with a long seven-stranded palmette on a sandy background and a half-moon dart fixed by screws, itself embossed with a nine-stranded palmette on a sandy background. Simple rectangular clevis. Two rings of suspension out of brass retained by pitons of bélière on each side of the scabbard in the continuation of the transverse bar of separation of the two hollows, engraved of the level of the equality. The original wooden slings were later lined with a strong red paper for one and a light beige silky sheet for the other. Complete. Never in collection before. 62 cm (blade 54,8 x l. at heel 4,1 cm). 66.8 cm with scabbard. (accidents of use and patina of time, a brass bar of an edge of the scabbard damaged, a ring of suspension deformed, a screw of fixing of the sting missing, in its state of discovery, rather good state of conservation). Note: The École de Mars was created during the French Revolution by the Comité de Salut Public in Neuilly-sur-Seine on 13 prairial year II (1 June 1794) and closed on 2 Brumaire year III (23 October 1794). This school of military preparation welcomed young citizens of sixteen and seventeen years old and allowed them to acquire "the knowledge and morals of true republican soldiers". Each cadet was given a sword. The sword was designed by the neo-classical painter Jacques Louis David (1748-1825) on the model of the Roman Legions. There were four different colors for the fabric of the scabbard that allowed to identify the rank, including red, yellow, green and blue.
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