SWORD. Officer's sabre of the national volunteers, gilt brass mounting, hilt with one main branch and 2 secondary branches linked together by an antique figure representing the goddess Athena wearing a helmet and holding in one hand a shield and in the other a lictor bundle, at her feet a lion lying down, At her feet a reclining lion, a cannon and a bundle of flags, long-tailed cap with lion's head, wooden spindle covered with basane and a double filigree of twisted brass wire, openwork top with sunbursts, blade "à la Montmorency" semi-curved with hollow sides and groove, leather scabbard without splints with 3 cut brass fittings, the bolt in brace, L: 85 cm, blade: 69 cm. Worn gilding. French Revolution period. ABE