SWORD OF THE MARÉCHAL DES LOGIS OF THE DRAGONS DE FLAMARENS REGIMENT, Former Monarchy, circa 1758-1762. 28802

MARSHAL OF THE LOGIS SABRE OF THE DRAGOONS OF FLAMARENS REGIMENT, Former Monarchy, circa 1758-1762. 28802

Rose brass hilt. Four-branched guard forming an openwork shell in the shape of a palmette in the center of which is represented a fleur-de-lis surmounting an engraved cartouche "MARSHAL OF THE LOGIS OF FLAMERENS". Plain round pommel. Rear knuckle bow forming a thumb guard. Handle made of wood entirely filigreed with copper. Copper wire-wrapped ferrules. Fine fantasy blade, length 88.5 cm, width at the ricasso 1.8 cm; the back is engraved with a long arrow, Solingen mark, and each face is engraved with the Arms of France, military trophies, and the inscription "LONG LIVE THE KING".

France.
Former Monarchy, circa 1758-1762.
Good condition, hilt in very good condition, lightly rusted shortened blade, without scabbard.

PROVENANCE:
Former collection of Pierre Petitot.

KNOWN EXAMPLES:
Two other officer examples are known, one in a French collection and the other in the collections of the Army Museum, from the collections of Raoul and Jean Brunon at the Château de l'Empéri in Salon de Provence.

NOTE:
Michel Pétard in his work "Swords and Sabres - Cavalry Troops from Louis XIV to the Empire, Volume 1" mentions for this sabre in sheet 56 S, pages 74 and 75:
"In June 1758, in the midst of the Seven Years War, this regiment sacrifices itself alongside the carabiniers to help free the army mistreated by the Hanoverians. This act of heroism carried out by the two corps would have been rewarded with the privilege for the officers of Flamarens to share this elite sabre with the carabiniers. Light rose brass hilt, gilded, with openwork shell, adorned with a cartouche marked "OFFICIER-DE-FLAMARENS" and surmounted by a fleur-de-lis. The handle is silver-copper filigreed with a stamped braided ferrule. The blued and gilded blades are flat with a back, engraved in the style of the carabiniers, except for the attribution: "OFFICIER DU REGIMENT DES DRAGONS DE FLAMARENS". Some specimens have a very fine fantasy blade, engraved with all-over motifs. The backs of these blades are signed by the swordmakers who worked for the carabiniers: Felix - Caillot - Deshayes. The Flamarens regiment will exchange its name for that of Coigny in 1762."