152 - *Heavy officer's sword, believed to have belonged to the Convention Guard, the Legislative Body, or the Executive Directory; the hilt is made entirely of brass, silver-plated, with the guard chiseled around the perimeter of a band adorned with pearls; a palmette-shaped quillon; a straight crossguard depicting a stylized quiver; a rectangular body knot; a shaft imitating a bow; pommel shaped like a heraldic helmet with pearls chased on the visor, shaft forming a lictor’s fasces; a strong, straight blade, rounded spine, a lateral groove running along the spine, a single hollow edge along its entire length, blued and gilded one-third of the way up, engraved with trophies—including one depicting a lictor’s fasces and a wreath of palm leaves—and signed on the heel: “Manufacture de Klingenthal” and “Coulaux frères,” point extending from the spine, length 81 cm; total length 98.5 cm. (Without scabbard).

*Heavy officer's sword, believed to have belonged to the Convention Guard, the Legislative Body, or the Executive Directory; the hilt is made entirely of brass, silver-plated, with the guard chiseled around the perimeter of a band adorned with pearls; a palmette-shaped quillon; a straight crossguard depicting a stylized quiver; a rectangular body knot; a shaft imitating a bow; pommel shaped like a heraldic helmet with pearls chased on the visor, shaft forming a lictor’s fasces; a strong, straight blade, rounded spine, a lateral groove running along the spine, a single hollow edge along its entire length, blued and gilded one-third of the way up, engraved with trophies—including one depicting a lictor’s fasces and a wreath of palm leaves—and signed on the heel: “Manufacture de Klingenthal” and “Coulaux frères,” point extending from the spine, length 81 cm; total length 98.5 cm. (Without scabbard). Revolutionary period. Very good condition. PROVENANCE: sale in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, in 1882. The only silver-plated model known to date. Listed in Volume III: *Des épées et des sabres* by Michel PÉTARD, no. 305.