Army gendarmerie sabre, model of the Year IX
France
19th century
Steel, iron, leather, copper
Long. total: 111; Long. blade: 96 cm
Iron frame.
Domed rivet button cap, very short tail, edge cut in an ogee.
Handle covered with sheepskin, filigree with a copper wire twisted into thirteen turns.
Rounded joint arch with three secondary branches rounded at their base.
Oval tray marked “IR G68”.
Straight single-edged blade.
Sheet steel scabbard with two bail rings, asymmetrical lyre dart.
Ref.: 6240
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