BELT, SWORD, AND SABRETACHE OF A NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER FROM THE ESCADRON DES CENT-GARDES OF THE MILITARY HOUSEHOLD OF NAPOLEON III - SECOND EMPIRE.
SWORD BELT.
Made of black varnished leather lined with waxed amaranth morocco leather. Oval brass buckles adorned with laurel branches (H 4.6 cm, W 4.8 cm); featuring a central N topped with an imperial crown, both ornaments are made of stamped brass attached to the buckle; connected by a brass S-shaped buckle representing a serpent (H 1.9 cm, W 4.0 cm).
Very good condition.
SWORD FOR A NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER AND GUARD.
French-style model, guard with a single branch decorated with a radiant sun. Pommel shaped like an olive topped with a tassel, with one side adorned with an N on a radiant sun background and the other side with an imperial crown on a radiant sun background. Cruciform hilt decorated with an imperial eagle, black horn grip filigreed with brass framed at the top and bottom by two undecorated ferrules. The guard plate folds on the inside, marked with "14" and stamped with "AD". Palmette-shaped quillon.
Triangular blade signed at the ricasso COULAUX ET CIE A KLINGENTHAL (L 78 cm).
Black varnished leather scabbard with two brass fittings.
Very good condition, leather accident above the chape.
OFFICER'S SWORD KNOT.
Passementerie cord made of gold threads, the sliding loop made of mixed gold threads and amaranth silk threads. Head made of mixed gold threads and amaranth silk threads, the throat and long-fringed skirt are of the "well rope" model in gilded metal and amaranth threads.
Good condition, damage to the cord (oxidation of the metal threads).
France.
Second Empire.
Reference :
4848-4858