Auction: 7012 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 20
A French Cavalry Officer´s Sword With 37 1/2in. plain, straight blade by H Fauré le Page & Fils, and bearing three poinçons, fullered for almost its entire length, the back inscribed Sabre d´Officier de Cavalerie Mle. 1896 - 1ere taille - Manufacture nationale d´armes de Chatellerault 1912, massive gilt-brass guard, cast with bayleaf decoration, wire-bound ridged horn grip, in its steel scabbard with single suspension-ring
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Estimate £ 200-250
Sold for
£180