Luxurious admiral's gilded saber, signed Manceaux, Restoration period. From the Philippe Missillier collection, Giquello auction house, Drouot - rooms 5-6, March 6th & 7th, 2025.

PHILIPPE MISSILLIER COLLECTION
ANCIENT TIMES – BOOKS – 17TH CENTURY FIREARMS
HUNTING ART – PHALERISTICS
18TH AND 19TH CENTURY WEAPONS – RUSSIAN ART
Friday, March 7, 2025 - 11am to 12pm
AFRICA AND OCEANIA – FAR EAST
Friday, March 7, 2025 - 2pm
ISLAMIC AND INDIAN ART
Drouot - rooms 5-6

EXHIBITION
Tuesday, March 4 from 11am to 6pm
Wednesday, March 5 from 11am to 6pm
Thursday, March 6 from 11am to 12pm
Phone during the exhibition +33(0)1 48 00 20 05

GIQUELLO
Alexandre Giquello
Violette Stcherbatcheff
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with approval
lot number 2002 389

CONTACT
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EXPERT
Bertrand Malvaux, CNES

Lot n° 229 (from the sale)
Reward Infantry Saber, known as "of the 400 Braves", awarded to gendarme Guillaume Pinelle, Directorate

Gilt bronze hilt, guard with a branch, pommel with a short tang with a concave flat head topped with an oblong button articulated with a half-ring for the sword knot, quillon ending in a faceted button shape, earpieces shaped like a shield; wood grip covered with roussette skin filigreed with a double twisted silver-plated copper wire, engraved earpieces: "THE MINISTER OF WAR to the 3rd Company of the 19th 1/2 brigade," "MANUFACTURE AT VERSAILLES," "BOUTET" hallmark typical of reward and honor weapons, two hallmarks "AB" and "LD" (likely that of "LAMOGÈRE" Director).
Curved back blade with hollow flutes. Length 64.7 cm; width at the heel 3.7 cm, thickness at the heel 1 cm, fuller of 2.2 cm. It is engraved and gilded on its first third (25 cm) on the back "KLINGENTHAL," on each side with military trophy flower corollas, civic laurel crown on a blue background, gold engraved heel with a geometric design cartouche; then mirror polished.
Leather scabbard with two gilded fittings, hallmarked, cup-shaped chape and scalloped cut button, engraved on the back "to Gen Guillaume Pinelle," matching end of the scabbard.
France.
Directorate.
Very good condition, minor oxidations on the blade.
18000/22000
Biography: Guillaume Pinel, born on April 10, 1769 in Gannat, department of Allier. Enlisted as a soldier in the 23rd infantry regiment until October 21, 1791, then joined the dromedary regiment on 9 Frimaire year 8 (November 30, 1799) until 29 Fructidor year 9 (September 16, 1801), gendarme on foot, retired in December 1815. Served in campaigns in Italy, Corsica, and Egypt.
Knight of the Legion of Honor in June 1804.
HISTORY:
These sabers were given, on the orders of the Minister of War SCHÉRER, at the request of General VAUBOIS, to the soldiers of the 3rd company of the 19th ½ line brigade, on April 1, 1798 following the events in Corsica and primarily the siege of the fort of Corte which lasted 45 days, from 12 Nivôse to 26 Pluviôse year VI, where these soldiers refused to surrender, despite significant losses. There were supposedly a hundred sabers made. Some of these soldiers found themselves a year later among the "three hundred brave" at Nazareth, leading to these sabers often being attributed to that event during the Egyptian campaign: the battle of Nazareth on 18 Germinal year VII (April 8, 1799), where 150 men of the 19th ½ brigade, with about a hundred dragoons from the 14th regiment and some tens of carabiniers, particularly distinguished themselves. This troop was commanded by General JUNOT. (Note by Joseph DURIEUX, Sabretache Notebooks, 1932).