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live November 4 | 02:00 PM
Thierry de Maigret

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).

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Estimation

€300 - 500

Sale fees

30%

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.

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Auction details

Antique Weapons, Historical Memorabilia, and Decorations
Wednesday, November 4
02:00 PM
Hôtel Drouot
9, rue Drouot
75009 Paris, France

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Thierry de Maigret +33 1 44 83 95 20 maxime@tdemaigret.fr
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 170,000 lots published

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