Lot n° 331
Estimation :
100 - 150
EUR
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Result
: 162EUR
France, Third Republic (1870-1940). - Lot 331
France, Third Republic (1870-1940).
Model 1896 Cavalerie de ligne officer's saber from the Manufacture de Châtellerault.
One-piece gilded cast brass mounting, forming a guard plate including the jointing arch with a median blade breaker and two secondary branches, the base of the branches decorated with laurel twigs. The beak of the tray is decorated with a gorgon head. Short-tailed cap with rounded edge decorated with branches of laurel and oak leaves, topped with a rivure dome-button. Black horn handle with brass filigree. Tie missing. Grey, straight, flat-backed blade, marked on the back, partly effaced, "Manufacture d'Armes de Châtellerault....." and stamped on the heel "B" in a circle and "D" in a circle. Steel scabbard with one suspension ring, gray patina with traces of oxidation, illegible hallmarks on one side including "26". (Horn handle with minor accidents, bumps on the scabbard. Fairly good condition.)
102 cm (blade 87 cm).
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