25th Jun, 2025 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025
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‡ A FRENCH GENDARMERIE OFFICER’S SWORD, CIRCA 1750
with tapering blade of flattened-hexagonal section, etched with scrollwork and inscribed ‘Gendarmerie’ on each face, iron hilt of rounded bars, comprising short quillon with globular terminal, asymmetrical figure-of-eight shaped guard fitted with two sprung-in plates, frontal guard interrupted by a double globular moulding, knuckle-guard en suite and joined to the front by a diagonal bar, three further outer bars, a single bar en suite forming the inner-guard, globular pommel and the grip with a plaited wire binding between copper alloy collars, 88.3 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S528
Sold for £850
with tapering blade of flattened-hexagonal section, etched with scrollwork and inscribed ‘Gendarmerie’ on each face, iron hilt of rounded bars, comprising short quillon with globular terminal, asymmetrical figure-of-eight shaped guard fitted with two sprung-in plates, frontal guard interrupted by a double globular moulding, knuckle-guard en suite and joined to the front by a diagonal bar, three further outer bars, a single bar en suite forming the inner-guard, globular pommel and the grip with a plaited wire binding between copper alloy collars, 88.3 cm blade
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. S528
Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025, 25th Jun, 2025
Auction Location: London, UK
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