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SABRE OF OFFICER OF THE ROYAL GENDARMERIE, model 1816, Restoration.
Brass guard with four branches, short tail cap engraved on the top with a fleur-de-lis, wooden handle covered in black waxed calf (watermark missing). Curved blade with hollow sides and fullers. It is engraved "GENDARMERIE ROYALE" inside a rectangular cartouche ending with a fleur-de-lis, signed on the heel "Manufacture royale de Klingenthal Coulaux Frères", gilded and blued on its first third. Blade length 93.8 cm, width at the heel 3 cm. Leather tie.
Steel scabbard with two brass bail bracelets, with brass rings. Good general condition
France Restoration under Louis XVIII (1816-1820).
Ref: PN45JWPAIW