A sabre for enlisted men of the Gardes du Corps du Roi, 1st model, 1814. Lightly curved Montmorency blade, the obverse side etched "Gardes Du Corps Du Roi" amid two fleur-de-lys over trophies of war and two "B" stamps (Bick and Borson), the reverse with the crowned Bourbon coat of arms under a sun surmounting another trophy bundle, the back of the blade marked " Du Klingenthal. Aout 1814". The brass hilt shows remnants of fire-gilding, has three bars and a shield-shaped knuckle guard exhibiting the crowned Bourbon coat of arms surrounded by oak and,
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