Lot n° 196
Estimation :
200 - 300
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 1 429EUR
France, Third Republic (1870-1940). - Lot 196
France, Third Republic (1870-1940).
Superb model 1822/99 horse hunter officer's fancy saber.
Nickel silver mounting, lion's head cap with long tail decorated with palmettes. Horn handle with copper wire chain filigree. Semi-enveloping hilt with three secondary branches forming a shell and a small secondary branch, all branches decorated with palmettes and bearing a medallion stamped with a hunting body broaching a saber and rifle on a background of oak and olive branches. Short quillon ending in a scroll. Beautiful, curved, white blade with hollow front, flat back and groove near the back. The back of the blade is marked "Manufacture Nationale d'Armes de Châtellerault - Septembre 1919 - Officier d'Artillerie Modèle 1822-99". Natural leather tie. Single-ring steel scabbard in original nickel-plated finish, asymmetrical stinger. Comes with regulation tan leather strap.
104 cm (Blade 89.5 cm).
(Patina of age, beautiful saber of fine craftsmanship, not common. Very good condition.)
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