French Third Republic Smallsword
Data
| Period1 | French Third Republic | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Min/Max date1 | 1870-09-04 - 1940-07-11 | Location(cntry)1 | Belgium |
| Origin1 | France | Location(detail)1 | ex author's collection |
| Sword type1 | Smallsword | Displayed at1 | -- |
| Corps1 | Civilian | Reference1 | -- |
| Outfit1 | -- | ||
| Owner1 | Author | ||
| Guard type1 | 1 bar | Provenance1 | Wavre militaria fair |
| Quillions1 | 1 | Provenance(detail)1 | Angelo, February 04 2017 |
| Hilt type1 | Pierced shell | Original owner1 | -- |
| Grip form1 | Elliptical flat | ||
| Pommmel type1 | Globular, pearls | Condition1 | Very Good |
| Blade type1 | Straight | ||
| Edge1 | Triple edged | ||
| Fuller1 | 3 | Information date | 2017-02-17 |
| Information source | 1 Author 2 Source |
| Sword | Blade | Scabbard | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max length(cm/In)1 | 90.9 | 35.79 | 76.2 | 30.00 | 80.1 | 31.54 |
| Max width(cm/In)1 | 11.50 | 4.53 | 1.79 | 0.70 | 2.47 | 0.97 |
| Max thickness(cm/In)1 | 4.90 | 1.93 | 0.86 | 0.34 | 2.11 | 0.83 |
| Curvature(cm/In)1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| Width at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.69 | 0.27 | 1.33 | 0.52 |
| Thickness at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.39 | 0.15 | 0.87 | 0.34 |
| Width at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 1.15 | 0.45 | 1.79 | 0.70 |
| Thickness at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.58 | 0.23 | 1.02 | 0.40 |
| Section at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | Hollow triangle | Rounded rectangle | ||
| Section at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | Hollow triangle | Rounded rectangle | ||
| Weight(kg/lb+oz)1 | 0.41 | 0lb 14oz | -- | -- | 0.09 | 0lb 3oz |
| Information source | 1 Author | |||||
| Hilt | Blade | Scabbard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Materials1 | Mother of pearl | Steel | Black leather |
| Brass | Nickel coating | Brass | |
| Nickel plating | -- | Nickel gilding | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Features1 | Pearls | Flags | Pearls |
| Grapes | Trophy of arms | Floral design | |
| Flowers | 6 mm ricasso | -- | |
| Laurel and oak crown | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Marks1 | -- | Coulaux Klingenthal | -- |
| -- | C? | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Hilt inscription1 | R F | ||
| Blade inscription1 | -- | ||
| Scabbard inscription1 | -- | ||
| Information source | 1 Author | ||
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