SWORD. Infantry officer's sword known as "des Gardes françaises" model 1788, single-branch hilt with quadrangular horizontal quillon in gilt brass, wooden spindle entirely filigree with copper wire (unmounted), pommel in the shape of a Phrygian cap, bivalve and moulded hilt plate, triangular straight blade. SF. Late 18th century-Revolutionary period. L: 98 cm, blade: 81 cm. ABE