Rare Hundred Guards Trumpet Set: - Rare and...

Rare Hundred Guards Trumpet Set: - Rare and magnificent trumpet of the squadron of the Hundred Guards of Emperor Napoleon III. In silver plated metal, signed on the cornet " Adolphe Sax, breveté à Paris, 12 421, Fcant de Mson Milre de l'Empereur ", and decorated with a motif of large chiselled and gilded imperial arms. With its braided cord, made of green and red cotton threads, enriched with gold parts, and its two tassels with fringes, embroidered and en suite. Fasteners formed of two daffodil gallons and two gilded brass buckles with two barbs. - Exceptional flame in blue and red satin, adorned with the great mantle of the Empire under a crown, embroidered with the eagle and trimmed with the great necklace of the Legion of Honour framed with branches of laurel and oak leaves. Bicoloured banner, embroidered with "Squadron of the Emperor's Hundred Guards". In the upper corners "N" on silver thread lightning bolts. Finished with gold fringes around the edges. Length of the trumpet: 93.5 cm. Dimension of the flame excluding fringe: 44 x 52.5 cm Antoine-Joseph Sax, better known as Adolphe Sax, born November 6, 1814 in Dinant, Belgium and died February 7, 1894 in Paris, was a Belgian musical instrument maker, best known for having invented the saxophone and the saxhorn. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.