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SABRE D'OFFICIER « DONNÉ PAR LE GÉNÉRAL MOREAU »
The item was sold for 7 800 €
Fees include commission and taxes.
OFFICER'S SABER "GIVEN BY GENERAL MOREAU".
Gilt brass and ebony mounting. Oval beaded cap and fluted ebony spindle.
Recessed joint bow, half-oreillon cruise and curved quillon ending in a button. Luxurious damascus steel blade with gilded hollow sides in the gutter, carp tongue and counter-edge.
Made in Klingenthal (engraving on back).
The blade is engraved in thirds with trophies of arms and foliage. A gilded cartouche bears the words "DONNÉ Par Le GÉNÉRAL MOREAU L'AN IX". Oxidation.
Leather scabbard with three gilded and cut brass fittings, two suspension rings.
Missing bolt.
France, late Consulate period.
Total length: 101 cm
We know of several blades bearing the marking "Donné en l'an IX par le Général
Moreau" referring to the campaign that led to the victory at Hohenlinden.
Bonaparte was First Consul at the time, and weapons of honor had been instituted, a number of which had rewarded the brave men of the Danube army. Some would have been period-mounted and awarded, others would have remained "on hold". We believe this saber falls into the former category.
PROVENANCE
- Roger de Montégudet Collection (1880 - 1925)
- By descent to the present day.
Gilt brass and ebony mounting. Oval beaded cap and fluted ebony spindle.
Recessed joint bow, half-oreillon cruise and curved quillon ending in a button. Luxurious damascus steel blade with gilded hollow sides in the gutter, carp tongue and counter-edge.
Made in Klingenthal (engraving on back).
The blade is engraved in thirds with trophies of arms and foliage. A gilded cartouche bears the words "DONNÉ Par Le GÉNÉRAL MOREAU L'AN IX". Oxidation.
Leather scabbard with three gilded and cut brass fittings, two suspension rings.
Missing bolt.
France, late Consulate period.
Total length: 101 cm
We know of several blades bearing the marking "Donné en l'an IX par le Général
Moreau" referring to the campaign that led to the victory at Hohenlinden.
Bonaparte was First Consul at the time, and weapons of honor had been instituted, a number of which had rewarded the brave men of the Danube army. Some would have been period-mounted and awarded, others would have remained "on hold". We believe this saber falls into the former category.
PROVENANCE
- Roger de Montégudet Collection (1880 - 1925)
- By descent to the present day.