Naval officer's sword and those of naval control officials
France
Third Republic
Steel, leather, horn
Long. total: 93; Long. blade: 78 cm
(Missing parts in the sheath)
Chiseled pommel in the shape of a scallop shell.
Top ring engraved with laurel leaves.
Joint arch decorated with oak leaves on the upper part and laurel leaves on the lower part; in the middle is a ring chased with scallop shells.
Rocket made of horn, filigreed with twisted brass wire.
Keyboard engraved with an anchor with a slack shank, flanked by a laurel branch on the left side and an oak branch on the right.
Blade with a lozenge-shaped cross-section and a median ridge.
Leather tie.
Dragonne.
Steel sheet scabbard covered with leather, brass fittings, lyre-shaped dart and suspension ring.
Ref.: 6578
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