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It is a pleasure to wear old sabres or accessories on ancient battlefields.
When we find old sabres and swords, we can sometimes find new made scabbards to avoid destruction of these fragile parts.
You can also buy genuine weapons and military accessories for collection, not only Napoleonic, but also from other periods, because we know that most of you are not only interested by Napoleonic period.
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Buckles for doctor
Goldplated, made in france. Diametre 42 mm.
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Etoile noire du Bénin, médaille.
L'ordre de l'Étoile noire est institué à Porto-Novo le 1er décembre 1889 par le roi Toffa, roi de Porto-Novo.
Approuvé et reconnu par le gouvernement français le 30 juillet 1894, après établissement des nouveaux statuts du 30 août 1892, accordant cette distinction à tous ceux qui travaillent au développement de l'influence française à la côte occidentale d'Afrique.
Remplacé par l’ordre national du Mérite après 1963.
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Italie: médaille de la Campagne - Second empire - copie
Belle médaille en argent, d'époque, avec ou sans son ruban d'origine.
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Italie: médaille de la Campagne - Second empire
Belle médaille en argent, d'époque, avec ou sans son ruban d'origine.
New
159,00 €
Out of stock
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Waterloo relics
All found in Waterloo ground.
In 2 frames infantry buttons, bullets and pieces of pipes.
Out of frames: 7 bullets, a pipe stowe and a thimble89,00 €
Out of stock
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Infantry sabre, 1855 type, without scabbard 1845 sans fourreau
Made during 3 rd republic, engraved "Manufacture Nationale de Chatellerault 1871..modèle 1855 ".
Nearly 150 years, in good condition, and very cheap.
At this price could be interesting to use for fighting.
Length 92 cm
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Turkish sabre? Made in Germany?
Some of my customer identified this sabre as turkish, made in Germany????
Blade was used for fighting and is not in perfect condition...but not very cheap.Only one for sale. Length 99 cm
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Glaive of school of Mars, without scabbard
Made at the very beginning of revolution period.
Old blade with stamp, (too) deeply cleaned, without scabbard. Length 62 cm, blade 46 cm.
Such a pice cost between 1200 and 1800 €. Considering absence of scabbard and condition of blade we sell it at 570 €...Just one for sale
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Cutlass sabre for fencing, 1833 type
Rare cutlass used in French army to train sailors with sabres.
Peak protected by a brass extremity to avoid accidents.
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Ancient bugle, Couesnon
Good condition, to clean. Circa 1900.
Couesnon was the most famous supplier for bugles in french Army.
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Baïonette Rosalie, grande guerre
Le modèle n'est pas rare, mais dans cet état c'est une pièce vraiment exceptionnelle.
La lame est phosphatée et le fourreau est également noirci.
Il semblerait que ce soit une pièces pour des cérémonies, la qualité est hors du commun...je l'avais gardée pour moi.
Longueur 65 cm, Une seule pièce disponible.120,00 €
Out of stock
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Sabre briquet, "Manuf Rle du Klingenthal mars 1816"
Blade with 3 stamps and back engraved "Manuf Rle du Klingenthal mars 1816".
New scabbard to use in re enactments.
Total length 73 cm, blade 59 cm.
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Light cavalry officer sabre
Translation soon...
365,00 €
Out of stock
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Swiss officer sabre with his swordknot
Blade signed Wagner in Solingen (1893).
Swordknot in silver thread and leather.
Good condition, just need eventually a light cleaning.
Length 99 cm.
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Cavalry pistol
Made for export, beginning of XIX th century
Weight 11580gr. Length 46 cm.
Spring is not the original one and a bit weak to use for shooting.
Need to be restored to be really functionnal.
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Hermes scarf in silk, brown, WITH EMPIRE SABRES
To be forgiven for all the money that you spent in sabres, buy a scarff with Napoleonic sabres for your wife/friend
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Field writing pad
Made at the very beginnig of 18 th century.
In the tube, sold empty today, were, pens, a small bottle of ink and a small bottle of sand to dry ink.
Dark green leather was the flat part where to write.
Tube 26 cm x 3,5. Rolled leather 25 X 26 cm.
Outer part changed of colour because of exposition at light, inner is as new.
Good global condition.
Such a field writing pad is exposed in Emperi museum and described page 73 of book "Les trésors de l'empéri"190,00 €
Out of stock
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Ordonnance du roi pour régler les exercices de l'infanterie du 6 mai 1755- Chez Prault père à Paris- Édition originale!
Ordonnance du roi pour régler l'exercice d'infanterie du 6 mai 1755 . Très rare édition originale de 184 pages , format 11,5 X8 cm.
Cet ouvrage ne contient aucun planche descriptive. Elles étaient habituellement proposées dans un autre ouvrage...dont nous ne disposons pas.
Restes d'ex-libris de propriétaires précédents, et de siècles précédents
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Ordonnance provisoire sur l'exercice et les manoeuvres de la cavalerie- Texte- Paris 1813
Titre exact:
"Ordonnance provisoire sur l'exercice et les manœuvres de la cavalerie
Rédigée par ordre du ministre de la guerre
du 1er Vendémiaire an XIII
Seconde édition
suivie de l'instruction du 24 septembre 1811, sur l'exercice et les manœuvres de la lance
A PARIS
Chez Magimel, Librairie pour l'art militaire
Rue de Thionville, No 9"
1813
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2 foils + Mensur, sabre for prussian students, without leather strap
Not to be sent out of EEC for usual shipping cost.
Leather strap to pass finger has been broken, so price is lower.
Very strange sabre used by prussian students.
Guard is enormous, blade normally cuts only on last 10 cm.
103 cm, blade 87 cm, repaired(as often), many hits...see pictures
Eyes and throat were protected.
Students tried to hurt their "enemies"(sometimes friends) at the face to obtain scarfaces.
2 foils are in good condition and were produced circa 1900, blades Solingen.
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2 British medals in Silver
Crimea (1854) 35 mm by Wyon, slightly hitten on side, with new ribbon
Baltic (1854-1855), 16 mm, without ribbon.
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Golden epaulettes in their box, circa 1900
For lieutenant
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coffre de giberne de gendarme à pied modèle 1854
Giberne des gendarmes à pied du modèle de 1857-voir "équipements militaires" tome IX page 60 de M Petard.
Dans la légende, il faut lire la date du 20 octobre 1857 (et non 1854!)-
Bien marquée Taconet sur la patelette, coffret en bois un peu détérioré, mais bien conforme au modèle règlementaire.
Nous y joignons un ceinturon de gendarmerie 3 ème Rep d'une longuuer de 110 cm sans boucle
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Genuine infantry saber briquet 1789-1792, with new scabbard
New scabbard.
Described in tome III of "des sabres et des épées" of Michel Petard.
No 291 page 110.Typical hilt 13,5 cm high instead of 15.
No inscription as often during revolution "Manuf Rle du Klingenthal mars 1816" and 3 stamps.
Total length 70 cm, blade 56 cm.
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Sabre french infantry officer 1882 type
Sabre for French infantry officers of first world war.
Oxidization on scabbard.
Sold only in EEC, or ask for real shipping price for other countries.
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6 crosses sold together:2 croix de guerre 1939, 2 civilian decorations and ribbons for buttonholes.
2 croix de guerre 1939, one with palme (they were attributed to 2 brothers!).
1 medal of work in silver in his red box, 1939.
1 "gold"(plated) medal of "collectivités locales" in his brown box.
Some small ribbons for buttonholes.
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Gilet d'armes of légion étrangère
One for officer in perfect condition for chest size 104 cm.
One for doctor, a bit teared, for chest size 98 cm
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Dress for teacher of médecine with traditionnal hat.
Hat quite new, never used in his original box from Bosc.
Dress began to interest moth and has some holes that you can see if you show it threw light.
For theater or movie..or collection, hat is superb.
Almost no change in this dress for 6 centuries!
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Artillery buttons, WW I, 17 mm
Painted 100 years ago, no painting is partly away, sold as they are.
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Buttons Poste aux Armées, circa 1900
Rare, very small stock.
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Marine infantry troop buttons, 25 mm
Second hand but recent buttons, sold as they are
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Health officers buttons, 2 sizes
Goldplated, second hand, sold as they are
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Belt for master butcher
One of our customers identified this belt as indicated.
Some worms attacked the carquoi, but other parts are in good condition, only dry, they need somme grease.
Rare piece, only one on stock.
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Iron, revolution period, holes on side in phrygian hat shape. Type 2
High: 24 cm, 14 cm large, 24 cm long.
Made during french revolution.
Lacking wood in handle and some iron on sides.
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Sabre for officer, revolution
Sabre used during revolution period, so it is a "raw" production, functionnal but nothing more than what s absolutely necessary
Blade 80cm.
Officer type, slightly repaired(some decades/centuries ago).
Lacking of leather at extremity of scabbard, and also tip in brass.
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Court sword with new scabbard, circa 1770-1790
Made in last third of 18 th century.
Only leather of scabbard have been changed (too bad). 100 cm, blade 82 cm.
409 gr with scabbard!
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Sabre, grenadiers à pied de la garde style
Sabre used during Louis Philippe period (1830-1848), especially by garde nationale.
It is made from a recycled napoleonic sabre or produced 170 years ago to offer sabres inspired by napoleonic period very prized by soldiers.
Blade is shorter: 62 cm, total length is 75 cm.
We added a new scabbard if you want to use it in re enactments..
PRECEDENT PRICE: 470 €
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Sword with eagle 2nd empire
Napoléon III likes eagle, even more than his uncle and you can find it on most of swords of second Empire.
This sword is a good sample.
Total length 97 cm
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Jacket for postillon, 2nd half of XIX th century
110 cm chest size.!
Global good condition
Translation soon....
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Silverplated sword for officer "restauration"
Total length 98 cm, blade 85 cm.
Lillies have been erased. Brass and wood handle. Engraved blade HS and many flowers, arms trophys...
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Brassard de communiant ancien, embroidered
Translation later.....if not sold
Le brassard de communiant se présente sous la forme d'un large nœud de soie blanche avec 2 pans séparés qui tombent au dessous du coude et se terminent par un dessin de broderie d'où pendent les fils flottant librement.
Le brassard de communion était fièrement arboré par les garçons qui au seuil de leur adolescence, passaient leur communion.
Il était porté à l'avant-bras gauche.
Ce symbole apparaît à la fin du XVIIIè siècle quand l'institution religieuse rend publique la cérémonie de la communion, et la tradition perdure jusqu'aux années 1950.
La couleur blanche de ce brassard symbolise la pureté de celui qui est officiellement autorisé à communier.
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Ancient armband for communiant
Translation later.....if not sold.
Le brassard de communiant se présente sous la forme d'un large nœud de soie blanche avec 2 pans séparés qui tombent au dessous du coude et se terminent par un dessin de broderie d'où pendent les fils flottant librement.
Le brassard de communion était fièrement arboré par les garçons qui au seuil de leur adolescence, passaient leur communion.
Il était porté à l'avant-bras gauche.
Ce symbole apparaît à la fin du XVIIIè siècle quand l'institution religieuse rend publique la cérémonie de la communion, et la tradition perdure jusqu'aux années 1950.
La couleur blanche de ce brassard symbolise la pureté de celui qui est officiellement autorisé à communier.
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Brassard de communiant ancien , plain
Translation later.....if not sold.
Le brassard de communiant se présente sous la forme d'un large nœud de soie blanche avec 2 pans séparés qui tombent au dessous du coude et se terminent par un dessin de broderie d'où pendent les fils flottant librement.
Le brassard de communion était fièrement arboré par les garçons qui au seuil de leur adolescence, passaient leur communion.
Il était porté à l'avant-bras gauche.
Ce symbole apparaît à la fin du XVIIIè siècle quand l'institution religieuse rend publique la cérémonie de la communion, et la tradition perdure jusqu'aux années 1950.
La couleur blanche de ce brassard symbolise la pureté de celui qui est officiellement autorisé à communier.
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Officer of haras nationaux circa 1880:dolman
Global good condition, some holes, but hard to find.
See nice buttons.
For chest size 96 cm
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Buttons for hussars and light cavalry, price by one
Old production found in the original boxes. Goldplated, size 18 mm, inside is filled with"papier maché".
Very rare in such a good condition!
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Boutons états majors en laiton
C'est marqué dessus, le corps d'appartenance.
Les foudres aillées peuvent ressembler à un aigle, mais non! Utilisé au début du XXème siècle.
Diamètre: mm.
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Buttons of Garde Nationale sédentaire: 1848-1852 and 1870-1871, diam 23 mm
After Louis Philippe (1830-1848), second republic is instaured, cock is chosen as symbol, and later, after second Empire for a short period.
Rare buttons, between 140 to 165 years old. Diam 23 mm.
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Buttons for ambassadors and prefets: 20 mm. 3rd republic type (1871), used till now.
Small stock forgotten in a supplier drawer
Goldplated brass, described page 294 of "Fallou". R and F for "République Française".
In gold for ambassadors, in silver for prefets.
Silver is new, it will become grey progressively.
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Buttons with anchor: Ministère de la marine????
Same origin as buttons from garde nationale 1848- 1852 or 1870-1871. Maybe ministère de la marine?
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Buttons 15 mm diam. 1/2 curved, brass or silver aspect. Price by one.
Buttons 15 mm diam
Made in France. Army1970's.
Less curved that buttons usually used by French army during Empire era...but very cheap.
For waistcoats, sleeves extremities or to attach epaulettes.
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Buttons 25 mm diam. silver aspect. 1/2 curved. Price by one
Buttons "25" silver aspect. 1/2 curved
Made in France. Army 1970's.
Less curved that buttons usually used by French army during Empire era...but very cheap.
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Epaulettes garde républicaine, price by pair
3 types, used 50 years ago
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Sword: "gardien de la paix publique"
3 rd republic. Instaured september 7th 1870.
Paris coat of arms on handle
Brass handle.
Length 95 cm, blade 80,5 cm, locally oxydized.
PRECEDENT PRICE 210 €
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Gendarmerie officer 1923 type- France.
1923 type - 3 rd republic -
Bronze and horn handle.
Blade stamped Balp Saint Etienne, a bit grey.
Steel scabbard.
Total length 103 cm, blade 86 cm
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Insigna Brevet Préparation Militaire argenté
Description :
DRAGO MARNE LA VALLEE - GS2
Dos guilloché - Deux anneaux - Avec attache amovible
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Buttons for generals: 1870 till now
Nice goldplated buttons from old jackets.
5 sizes including 10 mm buttons for hats, very limited stock
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Garde républicaine: 32 epaulettes sold together
28 red epaulettes for troop, 26 have button of garde republicaine, 4 for sous officier with buttons.
Teared....low price, sold as they are
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Équipages de la flotte, buttons 23 mm, 1872 type
Very limited stock.
Thick brass
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3 embroidered grenades for officers beginning XIX ème
We used one as a reference : 60 x 35 mm
fr.empirecostume.com
We don't know exactly what was the use of the biggest in silver on imperial blue, same type as for bearskin, 14 X 8 cm, maybe for a shabraque?
Last: 60 x 35 mm was initialy gold, but colour turned to old silver..
PRECEDENT PRICE 270 €
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Metallic buttons, bonze aspect, price by one
18 mm, 4 holes.
Taken from old uniforms, limited stock
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Lot de 31 boutons des douanes vendus en un seul lot
Lot de 31 boutons en étain, dans des états variables, vendus en l'état en un seul lot.
Types de boutons utilisés à partir de 1835.
Diamètre 21 mm
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Infantry troop, buttons 1871-1914
Taken from old uniforms, very limited stock.
To make uniform of WWI, as it is for beginning of war...and painted later, or just keep these small pieces of history for collection.From 2,50 €
Out of stock
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Infantry officer buttons, 1893 type, 3rd republic, 22 mm
Very small stock.
Perfact for officers jackets WWI
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Dark grey ball buttons, 22 mm
Old buttons, very limited stock
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Comb, brass and pearls
End of XIX th century.
Brass, "pearls" and horn, one "tooth" half broken, but can be used .
Metal part: 130 X 25 mm.
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Almanach Royal pour l'An DCCC. XIX (1819), présenté à Sa Majesté, par Testu.
Ces almanachs qui ont existé durant des siècles sont une mine d'informations sur la structure de la société de l'époque.
Sur celui ci, qui date de 4 ans après la fin de l'empire, on s'aperçoit que la société française reste très marquée par l'épisode impérial.
On retrouve les institutions léguées par l'empereur, comme la légion d'honneur, mais aussi une bonne partie des cadres du régime précédent.
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Goldplated comb, XIX th century
Made during XIX th century
Goldpalted partly erased on top
Metal part: 12 X 3 cm.
Horn and all comb in good condition
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40 german banknotes sold together, 1919 and 1922
26 banknotes of 50 mark of 1919, and 14 of 100 mark august 1922.
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Gorget for infantry officer, 09/11/1830 type
Made at the very beginning of Louis Philippe period (1830-18148).
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6 blades + 1 scabbard sold together
2 flat blads (copies) 78 cm.
1 slightly curved (copy) 81 cm.
1 long blade, copy, (oxydized)) engraved Manufacture du Klingenthal, 97 cm.
1 blade of shortsword, XVIII th century with a part of guard, 70 cm.
1 copie vendémiaire an XII staff officer type, without any engravings, with blackened scabbard (no brass parts) .
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2 swords for fireman or "cantinière, circa 1832-1870
One 58 cm with scabbard (tip changed and sewing partly opened) and flat blade.
Other 67 cm, without scabbard but an interesting blade.159,00 €
Out of stock
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