Short sword of the Marine Troops, Model Year IX - France - Consulate / First Empire

Sabre, short sword of the Marine troops, Model Year IX
France
Consulate / First Empire
Steel, brass, leather
Long. total: 73.5; Long. blade: 59 cm

Cast brass mount, domed cap and long tail.
Handle with thirty-six grooves, rounded joint arch monogrammed "RF" for "République Française" and an "M" surmounted by a wheel of the controller JJ Mouton, active from July 1798 to February 1809.
Curved quillon in pyramidal shape, ending in a button.
Cross stamped with a marine anchor and a "B" on the underside of the controller JG Bick, active from November 1793 to February 1809.
Curved single-edged blade, marked "Mnfture Imple Du Klingenthal Coulaux frères" and stamped with a marine mark at the heel.
Previous handwritten inscriptions.
Control punches.
Leather scabbard, brass chape and ferrule.

Ref.: 7516

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