"Child's Sword For A Dragoon Officer - France - 19th Century"
Children's sabre belonging to a dragoon officerFrance
19th century
Steel, brass, leather
Total length: 70 cm; blade length: 58.8 cm
Gilded brass mountings.
Short-tailed cap edged with a frieze of laurel leaves.
Jointing bow with rosette and leaf motif at the top.
Three secondary branches decorated with palms at their base.
Handle covered with thirteen-grooved sheepskin, filigree with twisted brass wire.
Blade with throat.
Steel sheet scabbard with a ring for a belt loop.
Ref: 6161
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