Sabre Of Officer Of The Lancers Of The Guard

SABRE OF OFFICER OF THE ROYAL GUARD OF THE REGIMENT OF LANCERS, SIGNED DUC, Restoration, (1816-1825) hunter sabre. Weapon mounted iron, beautiful curved blade round back, fine fuller, two hollow sides engraved on one side letters and in a fleur-de-lis cartouche and decorated with a crowned shield with the great arms of France "GARDE ROYALE" on the obverse. We read in the same cartouche "REGI T DE LANCERS". Remains of gilding with ground gold, marking with ricasso and disappearing under the ear on one side "Manufacture royale du Klingenthal Coulaux Frères" and on the other side also disappearing under the ear in shuttle "DUC fourbisseur rue Saint Honoré opposite that richelieu number 281 in Paris. Wooden fuse roped and dressed in shagreen. Iron mount, cap with long tail, main guard branch splitting into 2 secondary branches in "S". In its iron scabbard with two rings on round bracelets. Restoration period.