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live November 19 | 02:30 PM
Suduca Commissaire-Priseur

172 - Light Cavalry Officer's Saber from the First Empire, privately acquired; beautiful curved blade, flat back, fuller, and counter-edge; exquisite decoration on a water-blue background featuring a motif of trophies of arms, a radiant sun and crescent moon; these decorations are highlighted with ground gold; hunter-style hilt in gilded bronze, with a long-tailed cap and an almond-shaped rivet relief, main guard branch splitting immediately into two secondary strands curved in an “S” shape, quillon arched forward, two symmetrical guard ears extending halfway over the tang and halfway over the scabbard cap. Wooden shaft covered in leather and filigree-decorated within its sheet-iron scabbard, brass pommel, two wide bracelets studded at their ends holding two rings on olive-shaped pins, asymmetrical iron tip. A beautiful weapon evocative of the splendor of the Imperial Light Cavalry.

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€2,000 - 2,500

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25%

Light Cavalry Officer's Saber from the First Empire, privately acquired; beautiful curved blade, flat back, fuller, and counter-edge; exquisite decoration on a water-blue background featuring a motif of trophies of arms, a radiant sun and crescent moon; these decorations are highlighted with ground gold; hunter-style hilt in gilded bronze, with a long-tailed cap and an almond-shaped rivet relief, main guard branch splitting immediately into two secondary strands curved in an “S” shape, quillon arched forward, two symmetrical guard ears extending halfway over the tang and halfway over the scabbard cap. Wooden shaft covered in leather and filigree-decorated within its sheet-iron scabbard, brass pommel, two wide bracelets studded at their ends holding two rings on olive-shaped pins, asymmetrical iron tip. A beautiful weapon evocative of the splendor of the Imperial Light Cavalry. Condition 1-

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Auction details

Militaria XVIII
Thursday, November 19
02:30 PM
5, impasse Léonce-Couture
31200 Toulouse, France

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Suduca Commissaire-Priseur +33 5 61 29 79 88 contact@suduca.com
On Drouot for 7 years avec More than 19,000 lots published

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