with sharply tapering blade (old rust patination) of hollow triangular section, the forte on both sides etched and gilt with symmetrical strapwork and trophies, one side involving a figure above ‘Rien Sans Vous’, characteristic tarnished hilt cast and chased in low relief with profile portrait busts of warriors each in a wreath and against a ground of repeated florets and dots, and grip bound with two thicknesses of twisted silver wire, 86.2 cm blade