Null a miner's saber, Revolutionary period - blade L 68 cm with strong oxidation…

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a miner's saber, Revolutionary period - blade L 68 cm with strong oxidations, brass guard in good condition (cap with long tail), wooden spindle covered with basane with missing parts

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a miner's saber, Revolutionary period - blade L 68 cm with strong oxidations, brass guard in good condition (cap with long tail), wooden spindle covered with basane with missing parts

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Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Officer's saber known as the "petit montmorency", brass openwork guard featuring a lion brandishing a club topped with a Phrygian cap, crushing a dragon with its hind legs, branch pierced with circles, openwork top decorated with rays, curious twisted spindle, probably made of dark red horn; 18th century straight sword blade, engraved with trophies in thirds; leather scabbard with two large trimmings; length 96 cm (later scabbard). Revolutionary period. Good condition.

Estim. 1 200 - 1 800 EUR

Carabiniere-type saber, openwork brass battle guard adorned with a silver grenade, long-tailed skullcap terminating in an empanelled helmet, leather-covered, filigree spindle; Montmorency-type blade, etched on one half with trophies and foliage (trace of gilding); iron and brass scabbard, with two filleted hollows, iron stinger; length 113.5 cm. (Composite: the cap and fuse are from the late 18th century; the blade from the second half of the 19th century). Partly First Empire period. Good condition.

Estim. 1 500 - 1 800 EUR

Revolutionary officer's saber of the petit Montmorency type, gilded brass shell guard, openwork forming a rosette, with, in the middle, a rooster in a medallion, openwork top, long-tailed skullcap terminating in an empanelled helmet, spindle entirely filigree with gilded wires; blade with a hollow pan and a lateral groove along the back, in the middle, blued and gilded to a third, marked, on one face, in a cartouche: "LA NATION - LA LOI" and, on the other: "LE ROY" (le roy effacé); wooden scabbard with two large fillet-engraved brass fittings and splints, stingray-covered hollows, brass stinger; length 96 cm. (Pitting on the blade; small crack on a branch). Revolutionary period. Good condition.

Estim. 50 - 100 EUR

TEN ASSIGNATS from the Revolutionary period. ATTACHED: 5-franc bill

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