OFFICER'S SABER OF THE CHASSEURS DE VINCENNES, model 1838, renamed Chasseurs d'Orléans in 1842, Second Empire. 30434.

Photo 3 : OFFICER'S SABER OF THE CHASSEURS DE VINCENNES, model 1838, renamed Chasseurs d'Orléans in 1842, Second Empire. 30434.

Photo 4 : OFFICER'S SABER OF THE CHASSEURS DE VINCENNES, model 1838, renamed Chasseurs d'Orléans in 1842, Second Empire. 30434.

Photo 5 : OFFICER'S SABER OF THE CHASSEURS DE VINCENNES, model 1838, renamed Chasseurs d'Orléans in 1842, Second Empire. 30434.

Photo 6 : OFFICER'S SABER OF THE CHASSEURS DE VINCENNES, model 1838, renamed Chasseurs d'Orléans in 1842, Second Empire. 30434.

Photo 7 : OFFICER'S SABER OF THE CHASSEURS DE VINCENNES, model 1838, renamed Chasseurs d'Orléans in 1842, Second Empire. 30434.

Photo 8 : OFFICER'S SABER OF THE CHASSEURS DE VINCENNES, model 1838, renamed Chasseurs d'Orléans in 1842, Second Empire. 30434.

Photo 9 : OFFICER'S SABER OF THE CHASSEURS DE VINCENNES, model 1838, renamed Chasseurs d'Orléans in 1842, Second Empire. 30434.

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OFFICER'S SABRE OF THE CHASSEURS DE VINCENNES, model 1838, later known as Chasseurs d'Orléans in 1842, Second Empire. Inventory number 30434.

Brass hilt with a single branch, overflowing guard and openwork shell with foliage motifs. Cap with a long tail decorated with laurel branches. Horn grip with filigree brass. Blade with hollow facets and rounded spine, length 75.2 cm, spine signed "Coulaux Aîné & Cie à Klingenthal". Blade heel stamped under the neck. Natural buffalo hide scabbard. Steel scabbard with two suspension rings, finished with a steel tip.

France.
Second Empire.
Condition: very good.

HISTORY:
The Chasseurs de Vincennes were an experimental formation created in 1837. They were renamed Chasseurs d'Orléans in 1842.
1837, August 21: creation of the Temporary Company of Chasseurs à Pied (54th Infantry Regiment) - the Duke of Orléans created the "experimental chasseur company" at the Vincennes camp under the organization of General Houdetot, the King's aide-de-camp.
1838, November 14: creation of the "Temporary Battalion of Chasseurs à Pied" with 6 companies by the Duke of Orléans.
1839, August: the temporary battalion becomes the "Skirmisher Battalion".
1840, September 28: official birth of the "1st Battalion of Chasseurs à Pied" under the command of Major Ladmirault.
1842, July 19: the 1st BCP becomes the "1st Battalion of Chasseurs d'Orléans" after the death of the Duke of Orléans.
1848, March 7: the "1st Battalion of Chasseurs à Pied" regains its original name.
1870: it is reconstituted as the "1st Marching Battalion of Chasseurs à Pied".
1940, August 21: the Battalion is incorporated into the ranks of the armistice army.
1942, December 1: dissolution of the battalion.

Reference : 30434

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