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live November 4 | 02:00 PM
Thierry de Maigret

163 - Sword of a senior officer, likely from the Corps of Engineers, with a chiseled and gilded brass hilt; the hilt is entirely adorned with laurel leaves and, in the center of each side, features an eagle’s head within a medallion, asymmetrical hilt adorned with an antique-style trophy of arms, including a cuirass; double leaf-decorated crossguard; pommel chiseled with a trophy of arms, acanthus leaves, and laurel branches; shaft of checkered fruitwood; triangular blade engraved one-third of the way up, gilded at the heel, and signed: “I G B”; length 93.5 cm. (Without scabbard).

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Estimation

€300 - 400

Sale fees

30%

Sword of a senior officer, likely from the Corps of Engineers, with a chiseled and gilded brass hilt; the hilt is entirely adorned with laurel leaves and, in the center of each side, features an eagle’s head within a medallion, asymmetrical hilt adorned with an antique-style trophy of arms, including a cuirass; double leaf-decorated crossguard; pommel chiseled with a trophy of arms, acanthus leaves, and laurel branches; shaft of checkered fruitwood; triangular blade engraved one-third of the way up, gilded at the heel, and signed: “I G B”; length 93.5 cm. (Without scabbard). Early Empire period. 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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