Description
A sword of gift offered by the Duke of Aumale to Captain Piat, a very beautiful double-shell iron guard formed by seven branches, pierced and damascened with gold and decorated with dragons, the plate and the quillon are also pierced and engraved with foliage decoration, long tail cap entirely damascened with gold, wooden fuse covered with silver filigree grief, it is signed, in Gothic letters, around the blade: "THE ROYAL ARQR MOUTIER PAGE"; strong 96.5 cm triangular blade, signed at the base of the heel, also in Gothic letters: "THE KING'S ARQR MOUTIER PAGE", engraved in etching on the third part, on the front, with foliage scrolls, a heraldic helmet, a trophy of arms and, on the large face, foliage scrolls, a cross of the Legion of Honour and the inscription in Gothic letters: "THE DUC OF AUMALE AU CAPITAINE PIAT. - MEMORY OF TAGUIN. 16 MAY 1843"; iron sheath with two belly bracelets. (Keeps quite oxidized; sand-blasted sheath giving a matt effect). Louis-Philippe Period, 1843. Good and very good condition. Pierre PIAT, born on 1 March 1808 in Saint-Vincent-Salmontier (Dordogne). He entered the service at the Royal Cavalry School on 27 November 1826; after the Belgian campaign of 1832, he was a lieutenant at the regular spahis in Algiers in 1838; he served with the 1st African chasseurs in 1839, then became captain of the native cavalry corps in 1841; he took part in the battle of Taguin on 16 May 1843 and seized the sword of Abd-el-Kader, in fact donated to his leader the Duke of Aumale. Captain PIAT was then quoted in the report sent on May 20, 1843, by His Royal Highness the Duke of Aumale, concerning the capture of the smala of Abd-el-Kader, as having particularly distinguished himself. A sword of honour, presented by the Prince to the valiant officer, was the reward for this achievement. Here is how, a few weeks later, the Duke of Aumale announced that it would be sent to Captain PIAT: "Algiers, this 28 November 1843. My dear Captain, I had hoped to
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A sword of gift offered by the Duke of Aumale to Captain Piat, a very beautiful double-shell iron guard formed by seven branches, pierced and damascened with gold and decorated with dragons, the plate and the quillon are also pierced and engraved with foliage decoration, long tail cap entirely damascened with gold, wooden fuse covered with silver filigree grief, it is signed, in Gothic letters, around the blade: "THE ROYAL ARQR MOUTIER PAGE"; strong 96.5 cm triangular blade, signed at the base of the heel, also in Gothic letters: "THE KING'S ARQR MOUTIER PAGE", engraved in etching on the third part, on the front, with foliage scrolls, a heraldic helmet, a trophy of arms and, on the large face, foliage scrolls, a cross of the Legion of Honour and the inscription in Gothic letters: "THE DUC OF AUMALE AU CAPITAINE PIAT. - MEMORY OF TAGUIN. 16 MAY 1843"; iron sheath with two belly bracelets. (Keeps quite oxidized; sand-blasted sheath giving a matt effect). Louis-Philippe Period, 1843. Good and very good condition. Pierre PIAT, born on 1 March 1808 in Saint-Vincent-Salmontier (Dordogne). He entered the service at the Royal Cavalry School on 27 November 1826; after the Belgian campaign of 1832, he was a lieutenant at the regular spahis in Algiers in 1838; he served with the 1st African chasseurs in 1839, then became captain of the native cavalry corps in 1841; he took part in the battle of Taguin on 16 May 1843 and seized the sword of Abd-el-Kader, in fact donated to his leader the Duke of Aumale. Captain PIAT was then quoted in the report sent on May 20, 1843, by His Royal Highness the Duke of Aumale, concerning the capture of the smala of Abd-el-Kader, as having particularly distinguished himself. A sword of honour, presented by the Prince to the valiant officer, was the reward for this achievement. Here is how, a few weeks later, the Duke of Aumale announced that it would be sent to Captain PIAT: "Algiers, this 28 November 1843. My dear Captain, I had hoped to
