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live November 4 | 02:00 PM
Thierry de Maigret

157 - Estate or War Commissioner’s sword, with a chiseled brass guard showing traces of silver plating, a crossguard with two quillons ending in ram’s heads, an urn-shaped pommel, and a fluted ebony tang adorned with two brass escutcheons; blade with a rectangular cross-section at the heel and diamond-patterned over two-thirds of its length: the first third engraved with trophies and an altar of the fatherland, and inscribed: “Pour la Patrie”; leather scabbard, two brass fittings, pommel fitted with two rings. (Later leather; this model was originally entirely silver-plated).

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Estimation

€500 - 600

Sale fees

30%

Estate or War Commissioner’s sword, with a chiseled brass guard showing traces of silver plating, a crossguard with two quillons ending in ram’s heads, an urn-shaped pommel, and a fluted ebony tang adorned with two brass escutcheons; blade with a rectangular cross-section at the heel and diamond-patterned over two-thirds of its length: the first third engraved with trophies and an altar of the fatherland, and inscribed: “Pour la Patrie”; leather scabbard, two brass fittings, pommel fitted with two rings. (Later leather; this model was originally entirely silver-plated). Revolutionary and Directory periods. 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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