332 - OFFICER'S UNIFORM SWORD, Vendémiaire Year XII staff officer type.

OFFICER'S UNIFORM SWORD, Vendémiaire Year XII staff officer type. Wooden tang, watermark missing. Gilded and chiseled brass mountings, pommel featuring a plumed helmet, single-branch guard, body knot decorated with ancient trophies, straight quillons with leaf motifs. Foliated half-shell pommel. Flat-backed blade, engraved, gilded, and blued one-third of the way up. Length: 100 cm. A.B.E. (Signs of wear). SF. Note: The bivalve shell has been converted into a half-shell, which is less cumbersome to wear, and redecorated on the underside with a dotted pattern, period. Expert: Arnaud de Gouvion Saint-Cyr