Saber of senior officer of Chevau-légers, model known...
Saber of senior officer of Chevau-légers, model known as "à la chasseur".
Mounting in chased bronze, gilt. Hilt covered with basane with filigree. Long skirted cap engraved with the portrait of King Henry IV, laurel leaves, oak leaves, palms and lilies. Three-branch guard and two mumps in shuttle profusely decorated with guilloches, palms and flowers. Superb curved blade with round back and counter-edged edge, engraved halfway with trophies of arms, spokes and foliage on an amati background, raised in gold. Sheet steel scabbard with two large bracelets and a large bouterolle entirely decorated with two rings in relief, friezes, palms, lightning bolts, flowers and foliage. Strap with a pompom made of braided gold wire.
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Saber of senior officer of Chevau-légers, model known as "à la chasseur".
Mounting in chased bronze, gilt. Hilt covered with basane with filigree. Long skirted cap engraved with the portrait of King Henry IV, laurel leaves, oak leaves, palms and lilies. Three-branch guard and two mumps in shuttle profusely decorated with guilloches, palms and flowers. Superb curved blade with round back and counter-edged edge, engraved halfway with trophies of arms, spokes and foliage on an amati background, raised in gold. Sheet steel scabbard with two large bracelets and a large bouterolle entirely decorated with two rings in relief, friezes, palms, lightning bolts, flowers and foliage. Strap with a pompom made of braided gold wire.
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