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Sword of a Junior Officer in the Corps of Engineers and the Engineering Administration
France
Third Republic
Steel, brass, horn, copper
Total length: 88.5; Blade length: 72 cm
Model of March 19, 1872, modified in 1884.
Olive-shaped pommel with a rivet stud.
Brown horn tang, filigree-worked with copper wire.
Guard with iron breastplate and pommel cap.
Movable guard, monogrammed with intertwined “P” and “L.”
Blade with a central ridge, engraved “Coulaux Klingenthal France.”
Red felt tie.
Sheath made of sheet steel, lyre-shaped tip, and loop ring.
Hallmarks.
Pommel and tang not attached to the blade.
Ref.: 7141
Text and photos © FCP CORIDON
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