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Sword of the King's Bodyguards, 1814 model, Restoration period.

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KING'S BODYGUARD SABRE, 1814 MODEL, RESTORATION PERIOD.

Guard in gilt brass, with four branches forming a shell decorated with the Arms of France under a royal crown and against a background of a bundle of flags and oak and laurel branches. Pommel with a long tail. Wooden handle covered with shagreen and a double braided silver filigree. Guard plate hallmarked with a "B" under a fleur-de-lys within a circle of rings, hallmark of J.G. Bick used during the First Restoration from April 1814 to March 1815.

Hollow-ground blade engraved with a trophy of arms, two fleur-de-lis, and the inscription "KING'S BODYGUARD" on one side, and on the other side, a trophy of the Arms of France and a radiant sun with a face. Spine engraved with "Manufacture Royale du Klingenthal October 1814". Marked at the base with a "B" under a star of Inspector E.L. Borson, August 1814 to September 1816, and a "B" framed by laurel branches of First Class Controller J.G. Bick, 1812 to May 1815.

Length 92.7 cm.

First model 1814 scabbard in black varnished leather with three gilded bronze fittings decorated with lines and hallmarked like the guard plate.

Very good condition, the hilt and the drag have retained a large part of their gilding, on the central fitting and the tip the gilding is rubbed off on the raised parts, the scabbard has some rubs and chips, the back seam is partly absent.

France.

Restoration Period.
Reference : 9247
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