SWORD. Junior infantry officer's sabre, gilt brass mounting, hilt with one main branch and one secondary branch forming a guard with a fleur-de-lys cut out under a wreath of foliage, the whole framed with foliage, cap with long tail, wooden spindle covered with basane and a double filigree of twisted brass wire, openwork top, semi-curved blade "à la Montmorency" with hollow sides and groove, leather scabbard without ribs with 3 brass fittings cut into a brace, L: 87 cm, blade: 74.5 cm. Blade worn and pitted, cap knob missing. Constitutional Monarchy period (1789-1792). ABE