NAVAL OFFICER'S SABER, model 1872, Third Republic. Inventory number 27656.
Gilded brass frame. Guard with two branches forming a shell at the front decorated and openwork with a marine anchor and foliage. Long-tailed cap decorated with scallop shells. Ebony handle. Slightly curved white blade with grooves and hollow sides, rounded counter-edging, rush back, length 68.5 cm. Scarlet cloth tie. Black lacquered metal scabbard with three gilded brass fittings richly decorated with foliage and marine anchors.
France.
3rd Republic.
Very good state.
Reference :
27656