SABER OF REWARD, SABER OF THE PARISHES, model 1816, Restoration. 21207

SABER OF REWARD, SABER OF THE PARISHES, model 1816, Restoration. 21207

Silver plated brass frame. Guard with three branches forming a shell in the shape of a medallion, adorned with the great arms of France. Tray finished with a quillon in the shape of a palmette decorated with a fleur-de-lis, marked "Versailles" and stamped below with a "B" surmounted by a star of the controller P. BICK (December 1813 - September 1818 ) and the hallmark "C" surmounted by a star of the director Châteaubrun. Below the medallion, the guard forms a palmette intended to support the medallion, and the two branches of the guard surrounding it are each terminated by a finial. Short shank pommel. Wooden rocket covered with gray stingray and copper filigree.
Straight blade with double groove and point in the extension of the back. It is stamped on the heel with a "B" in an oval surmounted by a star of Inspector E.L BORSON (August 1814 - September 1816), a "B" in a circle surrounded by a corresponding laurel wreath to Comptroller 1st Class J.G. BICK (1812 - May 1815), and an "L" in a circle corresponding to Reviser F.L. LOBSTEIN, Reviser (1813 to July 1821). Back of the blade engraved “Manufre re du Klingenthal Novembre 1814”. Blade length 94.5 cm. Scarlet wool tie.
Leather scabbard with three silver-plated fittings, finished with a bead. Iron dart.

France.
Restoration.
Good condition, blade with oxidation spots.

NOTE :
This saber was not awarded, hence the yoke which is not engraved with the name of the recipient.

HISTORY:
The 1816 reward sabers are in fact the old sabers of the Second Company of Musketeers, model 1814, called "Black Musketeers". In 1816 during the dismissal of the two companies of Musketeers, it was decided to use the sabers of the Second Company still remaining in store to transform them into sabers of reward. To do this, the Musketeers cross present on the frame is leveled off and a silvered copper medallion stamped with the Great Arms of France is riveted to it. On the clevis is engraved the words “Given by the King to Mr…”, and the blade which was originally white (without any engraving) is now engraved “VIVE LE ROI”.
Hence the fact that the back of the blade is originally engraved with the name of the factory and dated 1814, the date of the creation of the Second Company of Musketeers of the Maison Militaire du Roi.