Model 1882 infantry officer's saber, 900 mm straight blunt b - Lot 10

Model 1882 infantry officer's saber, 900 mm straight blunt blade, signed on the heel of the Manufacture nationale d'armes de Châtellerault and dated July 1907, nickel silver multibranch mounting, buckled quillon stamped "Lafleur Paris", long-tailed cap engraved with the owner's initials, horn buttstock, watermark missing, with fawn leather lanyard, nickel-plated steel scabbard (stinger and scabbard entrance missing) covered with fawn leather sheath (repairs, missing), wear, oxidation, TL 1050 mm, France 3rd Republic period. (Lafleur, Parisian arms manufacturer located at 14 rue Simon le Franc, specialized in the production of edged weapons at the end of the 19th century). Expert Hervé MATOUS