France, Second Empire (1852-1870). - Lot 217

Lot n° 217
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Result : 409EUR
France, Second Empire (1852-1870). - Lot 217
France, Second Empire (1852-1870). Staff sword model 1855 of the Manufacture Impériale de Châtellerault. Cast brass mounting with three secondary branches decorated at their base with palmettes. Cap with button dome and short tail bordered with a laurel leaf garland. Joint arch decorated with a flower and some foliage at the top. Spindle made of brown filigree horn. Guard plate ending in a beak decorated with a seven-pointed palmette topped by a small acanthus leaf. Straight white blade, with double hollow sides and flat back, with some stains in places, signed on the back "Manufacture Impériale de Châtellerault Septembre 1856, Modèle 1855". Leather tie present. Steel scabbard with one suspension ring and symmetrical stinger, with traces of orange peel oxidation. Complete. 109,5 cm (blade 94,5 cm). (watermark of the handle missing, small shocks on the edge of the blade, fairly good condition).
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