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Lot n° 34

Officer's saber, inspired by the model of the...

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Officer's saber, inspired by the model of the year XII. The handle in ebony carved with crossbones, the silver mount, the pommel with palmettes and rosettes, the two nipples decorated with a Roman sword and helmet flanked by two stars, the guard with a branch ended by a lion's paw holding a ball, the curved blade richly engraved with lightning bolts in the surroundings of foliage scrolls partially enhanced with gold, the scabbard with chased trimmings, the bolt decorated with stylized feathers arranged in a fan and finished with a scrolled sting. Total length 103 cm