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live November 4 | 02:00 PM
Thierry de Maigret

191 - Imperial Guard mounted hunter’s saber, 1st model, with a single-branch brass guard, stamped: “B D” intertwined (D. Brouilly, inspector from September 1800 to November 1805), Boutet’s mark (difficult to read), and: “V”; curved blade with a single hollow edge, stamped at the heel: “M” surmounted by a gear wheel (J. J. Mouton, inspector from 1793 to 1809) and: “L W” (B. P. C. Levavasseur, inspector from 1798 to 1803), back signed: “Mfture Imple du Klingenthal Coulaux frères”; scabbard with two large brass fittings and two riveted straps, with eyelets covered in black leather (the four rivets have likely been replaced, which is common), iron tip; length 101.5 cm. (A few dents on the scabbard, toward the lower part; a bullet likely struck the top of the scabbard beneath the pommel). This saber is in its original condition; it has seen a lot of action.

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Estimation

€5,000 - 6,000

Sale fees

30%

Imperial Guard mounted hunter’s saber, 1st model, with a single-branch brass guard, stamped: “B D” intertwined (D. Brouilly, inspector from September 1800 to November 1805), Boutet’s mark (difficult to read), and: “V”; curved blade with a single hollow edge, stamped at the heel: “M” surmounted by a gear wheel (J. J. Mouton, inspector from 1793 to 1809) and: “L W” (B. P. C. Levavasseur, inspector from 1798 to 1803), back signed: “Mfture Imple du Klingenthal Coulaux frères”; scabbard with two large brass fittings and two riveted straps, with eyelets covered in black leather (the four rivets have likely been replaced, which is common), iron tip; length 101.5 cm. (A few dents on the scabbard, toward the lower part; a bullet likely struck the top of the scabbard beneath the pommel). This saber is in its original condition; it has seen a lot of action. Early First 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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