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SABRE de canonniers montés, model 1829
France
19th century
Brass, wood, steel, leather, copper
Total length: 94; Blade length: 80.5 cm
Troop saber with short cap, extending to form the cruise and the quillon, curved and finished with a button, stamped: "17" and stippled.
Leather-covered wooden spindle, watermarked with twisted copper wire.
Curved, hollow-point blade, marked "Châtellerault Aout 1831", stamped "2" and stamped on the heel.
Sheet steel scabbard, stamped "265", two rings of bélières.
Check marks.
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Ref: 72U5PGVUWN