Lot n° 187
Estimation :
60 - 80
EUR
France, Third Republic (1870-1940). - Lot 187
France, Third Republic (1870-1940).
Artillery officer's saber, model 1822/99, made by "Coulaux & Cie Klingenthal".
Gilt cast brass mounting (remains) with two secondary branches decorated at their base with palmettes, cap with button dome bead and short tail edged with a laurel leaf garland and monogrammed 'BR'. Handle in brown horn with brass filigree. Guard plate ending in a beak decorated with a 7-branched palmette topped by two small acanthus leaves arranged in a cross. Natural leather tie. Slightly curved, flat-backed white blade with "Coulaux & Cie Klingenthal" marking on the back. Steel scabbard with gray patina and minor traces of oxidation in places, with one suspension ring and asymmetrical sting.
110.5 cm (blade 95.5 cm).
(Wear and tear, the end of the blade twisted 15 cm from the tip, corresponding to the shock and dent on the scabbard, as is).
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