OFFICER'S SABER OF THE SPAHIS, Second Empire. 26935

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OFFICER'S SABER OF SPAHIS, Second Empire. 26935

Steel hilt with a four-branch polished iron guard. Cap with a long tail. Grey shagreen-wrapped wooden handle with steel filigree. Steel ferrule decorated with lines. Straight blade with grooves, 86 cm long, signed "Manufre Impale de Châtellerault June 1854", stamped with "S" under a star of F.A. Schütz, second-class controller, 14 February 1854 - 29 June 1872, and "F" under a crown of A.J.P. Fadates de Saint Georges, director from 21 August 1852 to 28 July 1855. Natural buffalo tie. Steel scabbard with two suspension rings and a steel tip.

Black silk sword knot with soft black metal fringes, known as "well ropes."

Black leather belt covered with a 3.6 cm wide green silk golden braid. Gilded brass fittings. Rectangular officer's belt plate for Spahis, measuring 4.2 cm x 4.7 cm, made of smooth gilded brass, decorated with a five-pointed star and a crescent, both encircled by an oak branch and laurel branch. Plate bordered with a molding with flowers and pinnate leaves. Complete with two black leather suspension straps covered with a 1.7 cm wide green silk golden braid, finished with gilded snap hooks.

France.
Second Empire.
Saber in very good condition, sword knot in very good condition, belt in good condition (wear and rubbing as expected, one of the suspension straps is unstitched from the belt but without any accidents or losses).

Reference : 26935

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