238 - Decorative staff officer's saber, with a four-pronged guard and openwork shell, made of chiseled and gilded brass; the prongs are adorned with oak and laurel leaves; the central medallion features the staff officers' motif: a crossed helmet and sword against a background of oak and laurel branches, the cap decorated in the same style, the top forming a circular palmette; crossguard chiseled with an acanthus leaf; brown horn hilt, filigree-worked, fitted with a senior officer’s black silk sword knot and a tassel of gold braid; slender, straight blade with a double fuller, stamped at the heel: a crowned “B” and “G,” signed on the back: “Coulaux aîné et Cie à Klingenthal”; iron scabbard, two ring-style clasps, polished white; length 111 cm.

Decorative staff officer's saber, with a four-pronged guard and openwork shell, made of chiseled and gilded brass; the prongs are adorned with oak and laurel leaves; the central medallion features the staff officers' motif: a crossed helmet and sword against a background of oak and laurel branches, the cap decorated in the same style, the top forming a circular palmette; crossguard chiseled with an acanthus leaf; brown horn hilt, filigree-worked, fitted with a senior officer’s black silk sword knot and a tassel of gold braid; slender, straight blade with a double fuller, stamped at the heel: a crowned “B” and “G,” signed on the back: “Coulaux aîné et Cie à Klingenthal”; iron scabbard, two ring-style clasps, polished white; length 111 cm. Second Empire period. Very good condition.