Junior officer's sword of the Engineering Corps and Engineering Administration

France

Third Republic

Steel, brass, horn, copper

Long. total: 88.5; Long. blade: 72 cm

Model dated March 19, 1872 and modified in 1884.

Olive-shaped pommel with rivet button.

Rocket made of brown horn, filigreed with copper wire.

Keyboard with an iron cuirass and a letterhead.

Against a mobile keyboard, monogrammed with intertwined "P" and "L".

Blade with a central ridge, engraved "Coulaux Klingenthal France".

Red felt tie.

Steel sheet sheath, lyre-shaped dart, suspension ring.

Control punches.

Pommel and grip not attached to the blade.

Ref.: 7141

Text and photos © FCP CORIDON