GENDARMERIE NCO'S SWORD, model 1872, Third Republic. 28635
Brass frame. Guard at a branch. Keyboard molded in relief of the bundle of lictors placed on a bundle of flags. Folding counter-keyboard. Oval shaped pommel. Cast brass handle with oak and laurel branches winding upwards. Straight blade with gutters and hollow sides, length 80.3 cm. Scarlet cloth tie.
France.
Third Republic.
Fairly good condition, oxidation on the blade, without sheath.
Reference :
28635