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Sabre Marine Corps Lighter, Year IX Model - France - Consulate / First Empire
SABRE Marine Corps lighter, Year IX model
France
Consulate / First Empire
Steel, brass, leather
Total length: 73.5; Blade length: 59 cm
Cast brass frame, domed cap with a long tail.
Handle with thirty-six grooves, a rounded joint arch monogrammed “RF” for “République Française” and an “M” surmounted by a wheel, the mark of inspector J.J. Mouton, active from July 1798 to February 1809.
Pyramid-shaped, curved crossguard, ending in a pommel.
Crossguard hallmarked with a naval anchor and a “B” on the underside by inspector J. G. Bick, active from November 1793 to February 1809.
Curved single-edged blade, marked “Mnfture Imple Du Klingenthal Coulaux frères” and stamped with a naval anchor on the heel.
Earlier handwritten inscriptions.
Inspection hallmarks.
Leather sheath, brass ferrule and pommel.
Ref.: 7516
Text and photos © FCP CORIDON
France
Consulate / First Empire
Steel, brass, leather
Total length: 73.5; Blade length: 59 cm
Cast brass frame, domed cap with a long tail.
Handle with thirty-six grooves, a rounded joint arch monogrammed “RF” for “République Française” and an “M” surmounted by a wheel, the mark of inspector J.J. Mouton, active from July 1798 to February 1809.
Pyramid-shaped, curved crossguard, ending in a pommel.
Crossguard hallmarked with a naval anchor and a “B” on the underside by inspector J. G. Bick, active from November 1793 to February 1809.
Curved single-edged blade, marked “Mnfture Imple Du Klingenthal Coulaux frères” and stamped with a naval anchor on the heel.
Earlier handwritten inscriptions.
Inspection hallmarks.
Leather sheath, brass ferrule and pommel.
Ref.: 7516
Text and photos © FCP CORIDON
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