SWORD OF THE MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTE OF EGYPT Mounted in gilt bronze and very finely chased bronze. Pommel decorated palmette decoration, flat joint arch, The trefoil is missing. Curved quillon with spider web. model of the institute with palmette on a spider web background. Plates with the head of an Egyptian divinity and "MLB" monogram. Straight Solingen blade with triangular triangular section engraved in gold and one third blued. Wooden scabbard covered with blackened leather and two gilt brass fittings. France, First Empire period Overall length: 94.5 cm