Model 1855 infantry officer's saber Horn handle with filigree remains. Chased brass mounting, patinated, openwork hilt. Curved blade with hollow sides and gutter, nicely acid-etched on 2/3 with foliage scrolls and a cartouche in Gothic letters: "La Cie de Sapeurs-pompiers de Château La Vallière à Mr Hurt". Back signed "Giroult à Paris". Black patinated sheet-iron scabbard with one strap. Second Empire Early Third Republic period. A.B.E. (wear) Provenance: Château La Vallière (Indre-et-Loire) GIROULT in Paris, equipment and weapons manufacturer at the end of the Second Empire and beginning of the Third Republic.

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