EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY CAVALRY SWORD Copper filigree spindle (traces of silver plating); chased iron mounting; grooved and foliated pommel, single-branch hilt, and half-pontate openwork with small circles; quillon curved downwards; triangular, asymmetrical blade, bearing a later antique engraving "NOAILLES I AM HEER" and "NEC PLURIBUS IMPAR" (motto of the King's bodyguards) with fleur-de-lys and thistle; A.B.E.; S.F. L.: 93 cm (37 in.) An early 18th century cavalry sword