Troop Saber, Model 1814 / King's Guard Saber, First Model - France

Troop Saber, Model 1814 / King’s Bodyguard Saber, First Model
France, First Restoration
Steel, brass, leather, wood, shagreen
Total length: 107.5; Blade length: 92.5 cm

Gilded brass mount.
Ovoid pommel with a long tail and a small dome serving as the rivet button; stamped “250.”
Three secondary branches featuring a medallion engraved with the crowned Arms of France on a background of flags, oak branches, and laurel.
Wooden handle covered in shagreen, filigree-worked with twisted brass wires.
Guard cut in the shape of a fleur-de-lis, marked “VERSAILLES” and bearing hallmarks.
Blade with a hollow edge, marked on one side: “GARDES DU CORPS DU ROI” framed by two fleurs-de-lis and a trophy, with the hallmarks of Bick and Borson; the second side features a sun, the crowned Arms of France, and a trophy.
Flat back marked “Manufre Rle De Klingenthal October 1814.”
Leather lanyard.
Blackened leather scabbard with three cut-out brass fittings engraved with two double lines.
Lyre-shaped barbed tip.
Two loop rings.

Very good condition.

Ref. 7509

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