SUPERIOR OFFICER'S SWORD Gilt bronze and mother-of-pearl mounting. Antique face pommel, eagle-headed jointing bow and quillon in the extension. Keyboard with the profile of a soldier in antique style flanked two pegasus on an amatized background. Mother-of-pearl plates. Straight blade with triangular section, oxidation. Missing scabbard. France, First Empire period. PROVENANCE : - Roger de Montégudet collection (1880-1925) - by descent to this day.