France - Lot 167

France Imperial Guard model 1802 horse hunter's saber from the "Bernard Franck" collection. Single-branch fluted brass mounting, watermarked leather spindle, short quillon with remainder of Versailles serial number and marking (badly stamped), shuttle-shaped auricle, flat-backed curved blade marked "MANUFACTURE DU KLINGENTHAL", brass scabbard with leather hollow with handwritten label on one of them "sabre de Chasseur à cheval garde impériale Premier Empire n°214 S.H. collection Bernard Franck". Lyre-shaped iron sting, yellow buffalo strap. Used condition First Empire L. 103 cm Provenance : -Bernard Franck Collection -Ader sale - Bernard-Franck Collection - Historical and Military Objects - February 22 & 23, 1935 - Lot 199 -Private Collection, France -Coutau-Bégarie & Associés Sale - Antique Weapons - March 17, 2022 - Lot 140 -Private Collection, France