France: Staff officer's or Aide de Camp's saber, Vendémiaire de l'An XII regulation. Gilt brass mounting, cap with rivet knob adorned with a leafy crown, short tail, obliquely grooved wooden handle, rectangular escutcheon decorated with an antique-style helmet on a trophy background, half-fretts adorned with a palmette, curved quillon ending in a lion's head. Curved, undecorated blade (probably changed later). Steel scabbard with two brass fittings. Consulate - Empire. Oxidation.

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