BLADED WEAPONS. Infantry sergeant's sword with iron mounting, ovoid pommel, single-branch hilt with donkey step, wooden fuse covered with a filigree consisting of a single iron wire and a twisted brass wire, moulded solid iron bivalve shell, straight quillon, strong triangular straight blade engraved twice "GOZE le père marchand, fourbisseur à Verdun". SF. L: 90.5 cm, blade: 65 cm. Louis XV period. Traces of oxidation on the blade. ABE