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Officer's saber of elite company of DRAGON. Gilded...

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Officer's saber of elite company of DRAGON. Gilded brass mount called "battle guard", joint arc ending in right angle with the cruise to a quillon, composed of four secondary branches in "S" (the first branch is broken, without missing), openwork scallop shell on the guard side, decorated with fillets, stamped with the grenade of the elite companies (old repairs to the two branches joining the quillon and the quillon). Counterguard reproducing the base of the scallop shell with the same motifs in the fillets. Cap with short tail, sides cut in braces, decorated with fillets. Spindle covered with black basane, filigree of two simple threads and basal ferrule, in copper, molded cover. Strong and long smooth blade, slightly curved with one edge, rush back finished by a false edge, control mark of "J.G Bick" from May 1815 to August 1824, Klingenthal. Gilded brass scabbard with two hollows located between the two bracelets embellished by a brass stinger (accident), fittings decorated with fillets, molded bracelets, the fittings come off the scabbard. Blade 91.5 cm, arrow 2 cm, total length 106 cm without scabbard, length with scabbard 110.5 cm. BE, sold as is.