INFANTRY SAPER SABER, Revolution.
Brass hilt cast, chiseled, and gilded in the shape of a rooster neck and head. Symmetrical flat guard underlined with engraved line, with a double quillon. Straight, flat blade with sawtooth back, 69 cm in length, 5 cm wide at the heel, stamped with "RM" in a beaded crown, from the Klingenthal Manufacturing Company in use from September 1791 to July 1792. Leather scabbard with two fittings of cut and gilded brass, engraved with palmettes and laurel wreaths. Cap with button for wearing on the belt.
France.
Revolution.
Good condition, blade with oxidation from use, leather of the scabbard reconstructed, fittings of the scabbard are old but postdate the Revolution.
Reference :
22090