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French naval boarding sword, dated 1846, with anchor and maker marks (model 1833).

Currency:USD Category:Artifacts / Non-wreck Artifacts Start Price:320.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
French naval boarding sword, dated 1846, with anchor and maker marks (model 1833).
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French naval boarding sword, dated 1846, with anchor and maker marks (model 1833). 1000 grams, 32" long. With characteristic slightly curved blade (falchion blade), single wide fuller (often mistakenly called a "blood groove") on each side, and distinctively closed steel cup-hilt, this piece was designed to be intentionally shorter than a cavalry sword, for use in the tight quarters of a ship, a model known to have been used by the Confederate Navy during Civil War. The steel blade is only lightly aged but definitely well used as manifest by a series of small nicks (the anchor markings near the ricasso also somewhat faint), and the hilt and handle are dark with very light surface rust only, with two-letter (indecipherable) inspection stamp below a small anchor stamped on the guard. The spine (top) of the blade shows a faint but elegant script that says "MANUFre Rle de CHATELLERAULT Juine 1846" (Royal Manufacturer, Chatellerault, June 1846).