Partisan Carried by the Bodyguard of Louis XIV (1638–1715, reigned from 1643), ca. 1658–1715
Partisan Carried by the Bodyguard of Louis XIV (1638–1715, reigned from 1643), ca. 1658–1715, Paris, French, Paris, Steel, gold, wood, textile, L. 94 3/8 in. ( cm); L. of head: 20 3/4 in. ( cm); W. of head 5 7/8 in. (15 cm), Shafted Weapons, This partisan, are thought to have been carried by the Gardes de la Manche (literally, “guards of the sleeve,” indicating their close proximity to the king), an elite unit of the bodyguard of Louis XIV
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