Sword of the students of the École Polytechnique, model 1872 modified 1884 - France - Third Republic

Sword of the students of the Ecole Polytechnique, model 1872 modified 1884
France
Third Republic
Steel, wood, brass, leather
Long. total: 90; Long. blade: 75 cm

Knob with a "diabolo" shaped button.
Joining arc numbered "551".
Wooden rocket, filigreed with twisted copper wire.
Kidney-shaped keyboard with an iron corset and a headpiece placed on two crossed cannons and a marine anchor, all between two laurel branches.
Blade with oval cross-section and two grooves.
Blackened steel sheet scabbard with two brass fittings, numbered "551"; shield-shaped button.

Ref.: 6580

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