117 - Graduation saber from the Saint-Cyr Military Academy belonging to Mr. Robert Gérald, 1923 model for infantry officers, with a four-pronged bronze guard forming a shell shape, chiseled with foliage; pommel adorned with laurel leaves; brown horn tang, filigree-worked; straight blade with a single hollow edge, engraved in two etched cartouches at the one-third mark on both sides with foliage and the inscriptions: “ROBERT GÉRALD” and “PROMOTION MANGIN 1831,” signed on the back: “Coulaux Cie Klingenthal”; nickel-plated iron scabbard, with a single loop fastener (minor wear and a chip near the tip); length 106.5 cm. It is presented with a black silk wrist strap and a gilded officer’s tassel (gilding worn).

Graduation saber from the Saint-Cyr Military Academy belonging to Mr. Robert Gérald, 1923 model for infantry officers, with a four-pronged bronze guard forming a shell shape, chiseled with foliage; pommel adorned with laurel leaves; brown horn tang, filigree-worked; straight blade with a single hollow edge, engraved in two etched cartouches at the one-third mark on both sides with foliage and the inscriptions: “ROBERT GÉRALD” and “PROMOTION MANGIN 1831,” signed on the back: “Coulaux Cie Klingenthal”; nickel-plated iron scabbard, with a single loop fastener (minor wear and a chip near the tip); length 106.5 cm. It is presented with a black silk wrist strap and a gilded officer’s tassel (gilding worn). Third Republic period, 1931. Very good condition.