Description
Glaive de commissaire des guerres ou aux vivres. Engraved, chased brass mount with remnants of silver plating. Squared ebony spindle. Urn-shaped pommel. Right hilt with two quillons carved with rams' heads in very round relief, decorated in the center with a series of laurel leaves. Straight blade with one-third engraved middle edge. Leather scabbard with two cut-out, line-engraved brass fittings. Oval cap knob. Length: 88 cm. A.B.E. (leather scabbard partly disjointed). Revolution-Directory period
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Glaive de commissaire des guerres ou aux vivres. Engraved, chased brass mount with remnants of silver plating. Squared ebony spindle. Urn-shaped pommel. Right hilt with two quillons carved with rams' heads in very round relief, decorated in the center with a series of laurel leaves. Straight blade with one-third engraved middle edge. Leather scabbard with two cut-out, line-engraved brass fittings. Oval cap knob. Length: 88 cm. A.B.E. (leather scabbard partly disjointed). Revolution-Directory period
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