Junior Health Services Officer's Sword
France
Third Republic
Steel, horn, brass, leather, copper
Long. total: 99; Long. blade: 83.5 cm
Model dated March 19, 1872, manufactured in 1884.
Diabolo-shaped pommel.
Rocket made of horn, filigreed with twisted copper wire.
Keyboard with the serpent of Epidaurus coiling frontally, flanked by an oak branch on the left and a laurel branch on the right.
Double-edged blade with a central ridge, flat at the heel.
Leather tie.
Steel sheet sheath, lyre-shaped dart, suspension ring.
Ref.: 6581
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