INFANTRY OFFICER'S SABER, MODEL 1855, SECOND EMPIRE.
Brass hilt similar to the 1845 model with a narrower design, featuring three branches forming a shell decorated with an oak branch, a laurel branch, and a background of a bundle of flags. Cap with a long tail decorated with an oak branch, laurel, and a palmette. Horn grip with missing wire filigree. Scarlet cloth tie (faded). Slightly curved blade with hollow edges, the spine signed by the Klingenthal manufacturer, length 73.5 cm. Steel scabbard with two suspension rings.
Perfect condition in its original gilding.
SUBALTERNE OFFICER'S SMALL DRESS SWORD KNOT, SECOND EMPIRE.
In gold passementerie with a black silk cord. Oxidized gold passementerie.
France.
Second Empire.
Reference :
18582