198 - *Rare general’s saber from Vendémiaire, Year XII, made for an admiral, with a single-branch brass guard, chiseled and gilded, in accordance with the model; the pommel is adorned with a shield topped by two rooster heads, marked in the center: “R F”; on the reverse, an oak branch and a laurel branch within a wreath, the upper part of the branch finely openwork; pommel with three stars topped by a lion’s muzzle; side plates featuring Gorgon heads; ebony tang carved with scales; curved gilded blade, blued one-third of the way up, with a double groove; at the end of the blued section, one groove splits into two; the back edge terminates in a carp’s tongue; heel signed: “A K”; original blued steel scabbard, three chiseled and gilded brass fittings, the pommel adorned on one side with an eagle perched on two helmets and two serpents, below which a lion’s head rests on two maces, on the other side, a sword in pale, two crossed flags held within a laurel wreath, with a flaming thunderbolt on either side; it is fitted with a hook on each side to attach the saber to a shoulder strap or a naval belt; an intermediate band chased with two laurel wreaths held together by a ribbon, with a finial at the back; the pommel is adorned with a band chased with oak leaves in high relief, engraved at the tip with foliage and arrows; engraved and cut iron blade shaped like a half-lyre; length 102.5 cm. (Some oxidation on the iron of the scabbard, on the reverse side).

*Rare general’s saber from Vendémiaire, Year XII, made for an admiral, with a single-branch brass guard, chiseled and gilded, in accordance with the model; the pommel is adorned with a shield topped by two rooster heads, marked in the center: “R F”; on the reverse, an oak branch and a laurel branch within a wreath, the upper part of the branch finely openwork; pommel with three stars topped by a lion’s muzzle; side plates featuring Gorgon heads; ebony tang carved with scales; curved gilded blade, blued one-third of the way up, with a double groove; at the end of the blued section, one groove splits into two; the back edge terminates in a carp’s tongue; heel signed: “A K”; original blued steel scabbard, three chiseled and gilded brass fittings, the pommel adorned on one side with an eagle perched on two helmets and two serpents, below which a lion’s head rests on two maces, on the other side, a sword in pale, two crossed flags held within a laurel wreath, with a flaming thunderbolt on either side; it is fitted with a hook on each side to attach the saber to a shoulder strap or a naval belt; an intermediate band chased with two laurel wreaths held together by a ribbon, with a finial at the back; the pommel is adorned with a band chased with oak leaves in high relief, engraved at the tip with foliage and arrows; engraved and cut iron blade shaped like a half-lyre; length 102.5 cm. (Some oxidation on the iron of the scabbard, on the reverse side). First Empire period. Good to very good condition.