French Presentation Sword - End of the Nineteenth Century

[Jack Loomes]

Editor's Note: Text below translated by Google from original Italian.

A case could be made for this sword to be put into Oakeshott's Type XIX, though as I feel it would be a little bit of a stretch to fit this sword there, I have instead opted to put the sword in the non-Oakeshott section.

Straight blade with a wire and interlocked with two deep grooves, three at the heel, laying back to the signature "Coulaux & C Klingenthal"; imposing massive golden brass hilt with shell at the front richly perforated laying down arms on flags and flowered, raceme perforated shell at the back, arm hilt w/ cornucopia with grapes; closed helmet pommel and grip trophies; steel scabbard with brass mounts and bell.

Length 105.5 cm.

€ 3,500.00 (€ 3,500.00 auction) May 2014

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