Naval officer's award saber model 1837, blade engraved on on - Lot 521

Naval officer's award saber model 1837, blade engraved on one side with the dedication: Le C. Amiral Cte Bouët Willaumez au Cne Hornoy Cdt le Vau Amiral la Ville de Paris à l'attaque des Forts de SébastopoLong 17 8bre 1854 and, on the other face, an anchor and the motto: La France vous regarde and signed on the back Lepage Moutier Arqer à Paris and richly decorated with interlacing foliage and vine branches. The brass hilt features an anchor among foliage and a dolphin's head, and the black leather handle. Black leather scabbard with three brass elements with double fasteners and decorated with a crowned anchor and foliage scrolls. Second Empire period Length : 85 cm Note: The guard may have been changed at the beginning of the Third Republic.