200 - Saber of an officer of the Imperial Guard’s Foot Chasseurs, with a gilded brass hilt engraved with foliage; the hilt guards engraved with a fleur-de-lis, the front one adorned with the profile head of Emperor Napoleon I, wearing a laurel wreath, in silver; crossed straight, the crossguard ending in a fleur-de-lis, the long-tailed pommel engraved in the same style, the tang entirely filigree-worked in silver; the blade is partially engraved and blued over two-thirds of its length; the front face has retained its blueing and is signed: “J S & C,” and engraved with foliage and a cartouche reading: “CHASSEURS À PIED,” above which is an “N” and a crowned eagle; the reverse side is engraved at the heel: “Deheque, armorer and arquebusier, at the Tête d’Or, 215 Rue St-Honoré,” followed by the same cartouche: “GARDE IMPÉRIALE,” the “N,” and the crowned eagle; this side was likely partially scraped off in 1814, during the First Restoration; leather scabbard, two brass fittings (traces of gilding) decorated with fillets, pommel button with a diamond-shaped base; length 92 cm. (Irregular watermark; small old repairs at the bottom and top of the blade).

Saber of an officer of the Imperial Guard’s Foot Chasseurs, with a gilded brass hilt engraved with foliage; the hilt guards engraved with a fleur-de-lis, the front one adorned with the profile head of Emperor Napoleon I, wearing a laurel wreath, in silver; crossed straight, the crossguard ending in a fleur-de-lis, the long-tailed pommel engraved in the same style, the tang entirely filigree-worked in silver; the blade is partially engraved and blued over two-thirds of its length; the front face has retained its blueing and is signed: “J S & C,” and engraved with foliage and a cartouche reading: “CHASSEURS À PIED,” above which is an “N” and a crowned eagle; the reverse side is engraved at the heel: “Deheque, armorer and arquebusier, at the Tête d’Or, 215 Rue St-Honoré,” followed by the same cartouche: “GARDE IMPÉRIALE,” the “N,” and the crowned eagle; this side was likely partially scraped off in 1814, during the First Restoration; leather scabbard, two brass fittings (traces of gilding) decorated with fillets, pommel button with a diamond-shaped base; length 92 cm. (Irregular watermark; small old repairs at the bottom and top of the blade). Early Empire period. Good condition.