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285 - BEAUTIFUL GIFT SWORD.
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BEAUTIFUL GIFT SWORD. Blade with grooved mother-of-pearl inlays. Chiseled vermeil mount. Pommel adorned with two Minerva masks and two lion masks. Single-branch guard decorated with small flowers and leaves, ending in a goat with two palmette-shaped quillons. Hilt featuring a rooster surrounded by oak leaves against a background of trophies of arms. Back guard finely engraved with “In testimony of esteem and affection to Captain Tondut, 1st Battalion, 8th Legion of Paris,” surmounted by three decorations with ribbons: Legion of Honor, July Cross, and Order of Saint Ferdinand of Spain. Beautiful, finely engraved blade, two-thirds of which is adorned with foliage scrolls. Leather scabbard with two large vermeil fittings, chiseled with foliage and palm leaves on an amati background. B.E. July Monarchy period. TONDUT Bernard-Pascal (1789–1849). Fought in the campaigns of 1808 and 1809 in Italy and at Wagram. Fought in Saxony in 1813 and 1814 under the command of Marshal Gouvion Saint Cyr. Wounded twice in the arm and head in 1813; “his bravery in battle earned him the esteem of his superiors.” He was awarded the Order of the Lily in 1814 by the Duke of Angoulême and nominated for the Legion of Honor in 1814. Tondut was named on the supplementary list of recipients of the July Cross by decree of May 13, 1831.
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