Joachim Napoleon Murat, King of Naples Outstanding sabre from his personal property. Curved, single-edged, damask blade with deep groove, restored at the tip and cracked at the centre, the entire length engraved with trophies, eagle, royal crown and floral motifs, at the base the crowned monogram "N" and the signature "Manuf.re d'Armes Royale de Naples", tang; gilt brass, "Manrengo"-type hilt with "S"-shaped, grooved quillon ending in the shape of dragon heads, lozenge-shaped langets with bas-relieved Medusa's head; pommel in the shape of a sea monster's head with collar of steel pearls, chain; ebony grip scales with crowned imperial eagle on a side and the crowned monogram "JN" among flags and garlands on the other; beautiful steel scabbard richly etching engraved with trophies, vases, floral motifs and more, gilt brass mounts decorated with floral and geometrical motifs, long chape with eagle, thunderbolts, trophies and tent with crossed cannons, the whole decorated with steel beads, steel tip decorated en suite, two suspension rings. Kingdom of Naples and the Two Sicilies period, 1806-14. On the 30th of March 1806, Napoleon I crowned his brother Joseph King of Naples; on the 15th of July 1808, Joseph is crowned King of Spain and Joachim Murat King of Naples and the Two Sicilies. dating: first quarter of the 19th Century provenance: Kingdom of the Two Sicilies A sabre of the same type, offered by Murat to general Paul Garnier, was sold in Hotel Drouot on the 14th of March 1966 (exhibition catalogue "Quand Bonaparte devint Napoléon", Wasquehal, 2004, n. 110). A similar one is part of the extraordinary collection of the Ermitage museum of Saint Petersburg. condition report: good