SENIOR MARINE OFFICER’S SABER, Third Republic. 28178
Gilded brass frame. Guard with two branches forming a shell at the front decorated and openwork with a marine anchor on a background of reeds and oak leaves. Long-tailed cap decorated with floral motifs. Horn handle. Brass ferrule with small ring for the wrist strap. Slightly curved white blade with grooves and hollow sides, rounded counter-edging, rush back, length 72.6 cm. Back signed “Coulaux & Cie Klingenthal”. Scarlet cloth tie. Black patent leather scabbard with three gilded brass fittings richly decorated in relief with marine anchors and foliage. The clevis has a bail ring and a fleuron-shaped button for wearing on the belt. The center trim is a bail ring.
Strap for senior officer's undress, cord in black thread, tassel in golden eyelashes with fringes in large broths called "spinach seed".
Strap for senior officer's undress, cord in black thread, tassel in golden thread with fringes in large broths called "spinach seed".
France.
Third Republic.
Good condition.
Reference :
28178