Glaive Of Troops On Foot, Model 1831 - France - July Monarchy.

Glaive Of Troops On Foot, Model 1831
France, July Monarchy
Steel, brass, leather
Length: 63.5 cm T.: 63,5; L. blade: 48,1 cm

One-piece brass Roman-style mount with symmetrical cruise and handle decorated with 26 grooves. Strong ovoid pommel topped by a dome serving as a rivet button. Straight cruiser with quillons with rouelle, punches of control. 
Stamped with the numbers: "101", "2011", "1513" in the centre of the cruiser.
Steel blade, symmetrical double-edged with central edge; signed: "Manufacture Royale de Châtellerault", "8bre 1834".
Sewn scabbard, blackened leather, stamped on the leather, with two brass fittings, olive button, trigger guard.

Ref: 3326

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