SWORD. Superior officer's and staff sword with gilt brass mounting, pommel with feline head, hilt with one branch chased with oak leaves, laurel and a triton, wooden spindle covered with mother-of-pearl plates, keyboard chased with a trophy of arms with antique helmet and breastplate framed with laurel leaves, straight blade with hollow sides blued and gilded one third engraved with floral motifs, leather scabbard with gilded brass cap, buckler missing. L: 94.5 cm, blade: 82.5 cm. Worn gilding, in uncovered condition. First Empire-Restoration period. ABE