FRANCE Sword of a member of the Tribunate Moulded ebony handle, silver-plated brass mount, ram's head quillons, crosspiece engraved with floral decoration, straight two-edged blade with central flat spot, gilded and blued on one third, decorated with trophies, silver-plated brass scabbard with cap knob and two leather hollows, lyre-shaped sting. Consulate period L. 88 cm ND Oxidation, accidents, missing parts and old restorations Located in the Palais-Égalité (Palais-Royal) and made up of around one hundred members appointed by the Senate, the Tribunat was one of the four assemblies set up under the Consulate by the Constitution of Year VIII (1800). Along with the Corps Législatif, it took part in the procedure for passing legislation and was abolished in 1807.