Sabre Briquet Of Honor By Boutet (prototype)

Rare officer's infantry honor lighter saber, model delivered to the Minister of War: Gilt bronze guard, with one branch decorated with nets, quillon ending in a gadrooned button, plain cap, wooden fuse covered with sheepskin, filigree with copper; wide blade of the model of those of the national reward sabers in engraved steel, remains of gilding at the heel, ending in a carp's tongue, signed on the back: “Klingenthal”; leather scabbard with two gilt bronze fittings, marked "manufacture de Versailles entreprise Boutet" without attribution, chape with button in the shape of a shield; rivet ending in a dart also in gilt bronze; length 86 cm. Consulate period. Very good condition This saber is one of the two known prototype models for the production of the honor lighter. Administrative archives of the Ministry of War. Artillery. Weapons for national reward and for trade, made at the Manufacture de Versailles. From the 1st Pluviôse of Year VII to the 4th complementary day of Year VIII. No. 646, delivered on the 24th Pluviôse of Year VIII to the Minister of War as a model.