King's bodyguard junior officer's saber, petite tenue or tenue de quartier, four-prong chased and gilded brass guard, with shell with the arms of France pierced through, cap with long tail entirely chased and ending in gadroons, chagrin-covered spindle, silver filigree; troop model blade, signed on the back: "Manufre Rle du Klingenthal septembre 1814", marked on one side: "GARDE DU CORPS DU ROI" and, on the other, decorated with the crowned arms of France and a sun; blued steel scabbard with three large gilded brass fittings, iron sting; length 114 cm. (The blue of the scabbard has turned). Restoration period. Good condition*.

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