Magnificent honor saber for bravery from the reign of King Max I Joseph (1806 – 1825) following the French model. Richly relief-decorated, gilt brass hilt guard, the metal parts decorated in neoclassical style. The pommel as a head of Hercules with lion skin, on the crossguard with Medusa head, oak leaves and vine decorations. In the center of the guard bar on both sides a pointed oval medallion. On the obverse with the profile of King Max I Joseph between laurel branches, on the reverse the crowned Bavarian lion with sword and coat of arms. The grip of black ebony with finely carved scales. Strong curved back-edged blade with fuller on both sides and double-edged yelman point, decorated on both sides to half length with etched, gilt foliage and trophies on blued ground. On the false edge of the obverse the signature of the blade manufacturer “Schimmelbusch & Sohn” in Solingen. The steel sheet scabbard with richly decorated, magnificently relief-embossed and gilt brass mounts, two movable suspension rings. On the throat on the obverse the engraving “dem Tapfern” (to the brave) and on the reverse “E. A. C. Kempff Regensburg” (= Elias Andreas Conrad Kempff, swordsmith in Regensburg). The saber shows only light wear, the original gilding of the hilt and scabbard mounts largely still preserved, in good untouched original condition. Length approx. 102 cm.
The representations on the pointed oval medallions depict the order decoration of the Bavarian Medal for Bravery from the period between 1806 and 1825.

Due to the design of the saber following the Napoleonic model, we assume that this is an honor saber for generals from the period between the Battle of Austerlitz 1805 and the Russian Campaign 1812.

Unique object of museum quality.

242996

€ 35.000,00