REWARD SWORD, KNOWN AS "DES PAROISSES" belonging to Captain Julien HAZO, 1816 model, Restoration period.
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REWARD SWORD, KNOWN AS "DES PAROISSES" belonging to Captain Julien HAZO, model 1816, Restoration period.
Silver-plated brass hilt. Three-branch guard forming a medallion shell, adorned with the Grand Arms of France. Knuckle bow with a palmette-shaped quillon decorated with a fleur-de-lis, bearing the marking "Versailles" and stamped beneath 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 to support the medallion, and the two guard branches surrounding it are each terminated by a fleuron. Pommeau with a short quillon. Grip of grey shagreen covered in copper filigree.
Straight blade with double grooves and a point in line with the back. It is stamped at the base with a "B" within an oval surmounted by a star of the inspector E.L BORSON (August 1814 - September 1816), a "B" within a circle surrounded by a laurel wreath corresponding to the 1st class controller J.G. BICK (1812 - May 1815), and an "L" within a circle corresponding to the inspector F.L. LOBSTEIN (1813 to July 1821). Back of the blade engraved "Manufre re du Klingenthal 9bre (November) 1814". Blade length 95 cm. Scarlet wool cravat.
Leather scabbard with three silver-plated fittings, finished with a bourrelet. Chape engraved "Given by the KING to Mr. Hazo (Julien)." Iron scabbard tip.
France.
Restoration period.
Good condition, blade with oxidation spots.
BIOGRAPHY:
HAZO Julien, farmer in Questembert, Morbihan department, Sécillon division, at the rank of Captain.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:
The 1816 reward swords are actually the former 1814 model swords of the Second Company of Musketeers, known as the "Black Musketeers". In 1816, with the disbandment of the two Musketeer companies, it was decided to use the remaining swords from the Second Company to transform them into reward swords. To do this, the Musketeers' cross on the hilt was removed, and a silvered copper medallion stamped with the Grand Arms of France was riveted in its place. The chape of the scabbard is engraved with the mention "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 back of the blade is originally engraved with the name of the manufacturing company and dated 1814, the year of the creation of the Second Company of Musketeers of the Royal Military Household.
Silver-plated brass hilt. Three-branch guard forming a medallion shell, adorned with the Grand Arms of France. Knuckle bow with a palmette-shaped quillon decorated with a fleur-de-lis, bearing the marking "Versailles" and stamped beneath 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 to support the medallion, and the two guard branches surrounding it are each terminated by a fleuron. Pommeau with a short quillon. Grip of grey shagreen covered in copper filigree.
Straight blade with double grooves and a point in line with the back. It is stamped at the base with a "B" within an oval surmounted by a star of the inspector E.L BORSON (August 1814 - September 1816), a "B" within a circle surrounded by a laurel wreath corresponding to the 1st class controller J.G. BICK (1812 - May 1815), and an "L" within a circle corresponding to the inspector F.L. LOBSTEIN (1813 to July 1821). Back of the blade engraved "Manufre re du Klingenthal 9bre (November) 1814". Blade length 95 cm. Scarlet wool cravat.
Leather scabbard with three silver-plated fittings, finished with a bourrelet. Chape engraved "Given by the KING to Mr. Hazo (Julien)." Iron scabbard tip.
France.
Restoration period.
Good condition, blade with oxidation spots.
BIOGRAPHY:
HAZO Julien, farmer in Questembert, Morbihan department, Sécillon division, at the rank of Captain.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:
The 1816 reward swords are actually the former 1814 model swords of the Second Company of Musketeers, known as the "Black Musketeers". In 1816, with the disbandment of the two Musketeer companies, it was decided to use the remaining swords from the Second Company to transform them into reward swords. To do this, the Musketeers' cross on the hilt was removed, and a silvered copper medallion stamped with the Grand Arms of France was riveted in its place. The chape of the scabbard is engraved with the mention "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 back of the blade is originally engraved with the name of the manufacturing company and dated 1814, the year of the creation of the Second Company of Musketeers of the Royal Military Household.
Reference :
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