Spade, France, 1820

Sword length in scabbard 965 mm, spade length 945 mm, head length 793 mm, spade weight 350 g, spade weight in scabbard 415 g

Hand closed, steel frame, nickel-plated. Cross-barbed yoke, with an external shield. Under the cross-guard of the hilt on both sides arched towards the head. The shaft of the handle is polygonal, as is the head attaching the bail to the headstock. A steel, polished, nickel-plated, narrow, triple-grooved, concave shlife, with a wider inner amphibian. The butt is lined with brown leather. Steel hardware. Neck with a flat collar, attached to the scabbard sheath. On the outer side a catch in the form of a knob. Shank ended with a ball.
state of preservation: 5/5/5
provenance: auction house Fischer, Switzerland, auction 2004, item 218.