SABER OF THE KING'S BODYGUARDS, model 1816, Restoration period. 30861

KING'S BODYGUARD SABER, 1816 model, Restoration. 30861

Gilt brass guard, with four branches forming a shell decorated with the arms of France under a royal crown and on a background of a bundle of flags and oak and laurel branches. Cap with a long tail. Wooden handle with silver filigree. Knuckle bow stamped with "B" under a star of Inspector Borson August 1814 - September 1816 from the Klingenthal factory and "B" under a fleur-de-lis in a circle of rings, stamp of J.G. Bick used during the First Restoration from April 1814 to March 1815.
Hollow ground blade engraved with a bundle of arms, two fleur-de-lis, and the inscription "KING'S BODYGUARD" on one side, and on the other side with a trophy of arms, the arms of France, and a radiant sun with a face. Spine engraved "Royal Manufacture of Klingenthal October 1814". It bears the stamps of Borson August 1814 - September 1816 from the Klingenthal factory and of Bick, first-class controller 1812 - 1815.
Blade length 92.9 cm.
Steel scabbard with two steel carrying rings and a brass throat molded with foliage.

France.
Restoration.
Sword from a family collection, never cleaned. Gilding absent in some areas, sharkskin missing from the handle, superb blade, oxidized scabbard.