REWARD SABRE, KNOWN AS "DES PAROISSES", model 1816, Restoration period.
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REWARD SWORD, KNOWN AS "DES PAROISSES", 1816 model, Restoration era.
Silver-plated brass hilt. Guard with three branches forming a shell in the shape of a medallion, adorned with the Great Arms of France. Knuckle bow terminated by a palmette-shaped quillon decorated with a fleur-de-lis, bearing the inscription "Versailles" and stamped below with a "B" surmounted by a star of the inspector P. BICK (December 1813 - September 1818) and the stamp "C" surmounted by a star of the director Châteaubrun. Below the medallion, the guard forms a palmette designed to support the medallion, with each of the two guard branches surrounding it terminated by a floret. Pommel with a short tail. Grip in wood covered with gray shagreen and copper filigree.
Straight blade with double grooves and a tip in line with the back. It is stamped at the tang with a "B" in an oval surmounted by a star of the inspector E.L BORSON (August 1814 - September 1816), a "B" in a circle surrounded by a laurel wreath corresponding to the 1st class controller J.G. BICK (1812 - May 1815), and an "L" in a circle corresponding to the reviewer F.L. LOBSTEIN, reviewer (1813 to July 1821). Spine of the blade engraved "Manufre du Klingenthal November 1814." Blade length 94.5 cm. Scarlet wool cravat.
Leather scabbard with three silver-plated fittings, terminated by a ferrule. Scabbard cap engraved "Given by the KING to Mr ...." Iron scabbard tip.
France.
Restoration era.
Good condition, uncleaned weapon retaining much of its silver plating, blade with oxidation spots, leather of the scabbard later.
NOTE:
This sword has not been attributed, hence the scabbard cap not being engraved with the recipient's name.
HISTORICAL NOTE:
The 1816 reward swords are in fact the former swords of the Second Company of Musketeers, 1814 model, known as the "Black Musketeers." In 1816, when the two Musketeer companies were disbanded, it was decided to use the remaining swords of the Second Company still in stock to transform them into reward swords. To do this, the Musketeer cross present on the hilt was removed, and a silver-plated copper medallion stamped with the Great Arms of France was riveted onto it. The scabbard cap is engraved with the inscription "Given by the King to Mr ....", and the blade, which was originally plain (without any engravings), is now engraved with "VIVE LE ROI" (Long live the King).
Hence, the fact that the back of the blade is originally engraved with the name of the manufacture and dated 1814, the year of the establishment of the Second Company of Musketeers of the King's Military Household.
Silver-plated brass hilt. Guard with three branches forming a shell in the shape of a medallion, adorned with the Great Arms of France. Knuckle bow terminated by a palmette-shaped quillon decorated with a fleur-de-lis, bearing the inscription "Versailles" and stamped below with a "B" surmounted by a star of the inspector P. BICK (December 1813 - September 1818) and the stamp "C" surmounted by a star of the director Châteaubrun. Below the medallion, the guard forms a palmette designed to support the medallion, with each of the two guard branches surrounding it terminated by a floret. Pommel with a short tail. Grip in wood covered with gray shagreen and copper filigree.
Straight blade with double grooves and a tip in line with the back. It is stamped at the tang with a "B" in an oval surmounted by a star of the inspector E.L BORSON (August 1814 - September 1816), a "B" in a circle surrounded by a laurel wreath corresponding to the 1st class controller J.G. BICK (1812 - May 1815), and an "L" in a circle corresponding to the reviewer F.L. LOBSTEIN, reviewer (1813 to July 1821). Spine of the blade engraved "Manufre du Klingenthal November 1814." Blade length 94.5 cm. Scarlet wool cravat.
Leather scabbard with three silver-plated fittings, terminated by a ferrule. Scabbard cap engraved "Given by the KING to Mr ...." Iron scabbard tip.
France.
Restoration era.
Good condition, uncleaned weapon retaining much of its silver plating, blade with oxidation spots, leather of the scabbard later.
NOTE:
This sword has not been attributed, hence the scabbard cap not being engraved with the recipient's name.
HISTORICAL NOTE:
The 1816 reward swords are in fact the former swords of the Second Company of Musketeers, 1814 model, known as the "Black Musketeers." In 1816, when the two Musketeer companies were disbanded, it was decided to use the remaining swords of the Second Company still in stock to transform them into reward swords. To do this, the Musketeer cross present on the hilt was removed, and a silver-plated copper medallion stamped with the Great Arms of France was riveted onto it. The scabbard cap is engraved with the inscription "Given by the King to Mr ....", and the blade, which was originally plain (without any engravings), is now engraved with "VIVE LE ROI" (Long live the King).
Hence, the fact that the back of the blade is originally engraved with the name of the manufacture and dated 1814, the year of the establishment of the Second Company of Musketeers of the King's Military Household.
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