ROMAN SWORD FROM STUDENTS OF THE ÉCOLE DE MARS, REVOLUTION (1794).
Brass hilt. Grip cast in relief with rows of scales. Oval pommel without decoration. Guard in a frame from which emerges a branch and two steel quillons, the quillons ending in a brass olive. The guard ends at the bottom with a trapezoidal shape stamped in relief with a Phrygian cap. Rustic double-edged blade with a blunt point, length 53.4 cm, width at the heel 4.1 cm.
Brass scabbard with a wooden lining originally covered with fine cloth, now completely disappeared. A suspension ring on each side of the scabbard with a brass ring (diameter 2.5 cm, thickness 3 mm). The lower part of the scabbard is decorated with large palmettes.
Fair condition: the guard is in good condition with oxidized steel branches, blade oxidized, scabbard with missing cloth, damaged and missing entrance of the scabbard on one side, the lower part of the scabbard has taken a slight blow and one of the brass bands is split. Weapon from a family, never cleaned.
France.
Revolution.
Reference :
14539