REWARD SABER AND BELT BUCKLE, KNOWN AS "DES PAROISSES", given to François-Pierre DAUGUET, Captain in the Basse Normandie corps of the Royal Army of the West, model 1816, Restoration era. Inventory no. 29991.

REWARD SABER AND BELT PLATE, KNOWN AS "DES PAROISSES", given to François-Pierre DAUGUET, Captain in the Infantry Regiment of Basse Normandie of the Royal Army of the West, model 1816, Restoration period. 29991

Silver-plated brass hilt. Three-branch guard forming a medallion shell, adorned with the Great Arms of France. The knuckle guard is shaped like a palmette decorated with a fleur-de-lis, bearing the marking "Versailles" and hallmarked below with a "B" surmounted by a star of the controller P. BICK (December 1813 - September 1818) and the stamp "C" surmounted by a star of the director Châteaubrun. Below the medallion, the guard forms a palmette to support it, and the two guard branches surrounding it are each topped with a fleuron. Short-tailed pommel. Grip in wood covered with gray shagreen and copper filigree. Straight blade with double grooves and a point in line with the back. Hallmarked at the base of the blade with a "B" in an oval topped with a star of the inspector E.L BORSON (August 1814 - September 1816), a "B" in a circle surrounded by a laurel wreath corresponding to the 1st class controller J.G. BICK (1812 - May 1815), and an "L" in a circle corresponding to the reviser F.L. LOBSTEIN, reviser (1813 to July 1821). Back of the blade engraved "Manufactured at Klingenthal November 1814". Blade length 95 cm. Scarlet wool cravat.
Leather scabbard with three silver-plated fittings, finished with a bulge. Iron blade.

SUBALTERN OFFICER LANYARD, Restoration period. Entirely made of silver braid, "cul-de-de" braided cord, tasseled knot, fringes in the model known as "well rope" (soft fringes).

BELT PLATE, Restoration period. Rectangular plate with cut edges in silver-plated brass (H 7.4 cm, width 8.5 cm with its curvature, 7.5 cm without its curvature) riveted at the center with a large silver-plated brass fleur-de-lis (H 5.8 cm, width 4.4 cm). Buckle with two prongs and a rear hook.
Accompanied by an old handwritten paper label "Buckle belonging to Mr. Dauguet François, Captain in the 4th corps of the Royal Army of the West - Dauguet François-Pierre from St James Manche".

France.
Restoration period.
Very good condition. Slight oxidation on the saber blade due to use. Lanyard shows wear and rubbing.

BIOGRAPHY:
François-Pierre DAUGUET, farmer, commune of Saint-James, Captain in the Infantry Regiment of Basse Normandie of the Royal Army of the West, model 1816, Restoration. 29991

HISTORICAL NOTE:
The 1816 reward sabers are actually the former sabers of the Second Company of Musketeers, model 1814, known as the "Black Musketeers". In 1816, upon the disbandment of the two Musketeer companies, the decision was made to use the remaining sabers of the Second Company still in storage to transform them into reward sabers. To do this, the Musketeers' cross present on the hilt was removed and a silver-plated copper medallion stamped with the Great Arms of France was riveted on. The blade, which was originally unadorned (without any engravings), now bore the engraving "VIVE LE ROI" ("Long Live the King"). This explains why the back of the blade is originally engraved with the name of the manufacturer and dated 1814, the year of the establishment of the Second Company of Musketeers of the Royal Military Household.