338 - COMMEMORATIVE SABER presented by the sergeant majors of the 4th Zouave Regiment to their comrade SIMIOT.

COMMEMORATIVE SABER presented by the sergeant majors of the 4th Zouave Regiment to their comrade SIMIOT. Horn hilt (filigree missing). Brass mountings, single-branch openwork guard, 1855 type. 1882-style blade with a fuller, engraved “A SOUVENIR FROM THE SERGEANT MAJORS OF THE 4th ZOUAVE REGIMENT TO THEIR COMRADE SIMIOT, NOVEMBER 8, 1899.” Length: 99 cm. Oxidation. A.B.E. SF. Circa 1889 Martin Charles Alphonse SIMIOT, born July 14, 1864, in Marseille, residing at 67 rue du Cherche-Midi in 1903. He is recorded as having performed “L’amazone” with his regiment in Algiers on December 24, 1876. November 8, 1899 marks the end of his service. Expert: Arnaud de Gouvion Saint-Cyr