Sword
Ecole de Mars.
Brass hilt, composed of cast and chased parts, solid handle of flat-oval cross-section, full-face scale decoration, above a smooth, squashed-ball-shaped pommel finial, quillons of elongated parallelepipedal form, narrow borders on the third and fourth sides, trapezoidal lobes with Phrygian caps as decoration on both sides. The hollow brass quillons conceal the base of a locating pair of clasps and the base of the connected grip guard. The long clasps with spherical brass finials and the angled, open grip bow are made of forged square iron.
Double-edged blade. Scabbard, brass plate construction, between two U-shaped rails serving as side edges, connecting plates were inserted at mouth level as well as at the level of the supporting rings attached on both sides. Large boot with stamped palmette decoration.
A Roman sword of the military school of March 1794. Ordered in an edition of 3500 pieces and delivered within three months by several mobilised workshops. This led to inevitable variations in the details.
Blade 480 mm long with licteur at the heel below the ear shield, flat with double-edged point and centre ridge, small spots without corrosion. Wooden scabbard with brass fittings, without impact or deformation, wine-red felt inlay of the period, engraved Masonic emblem in the centre of the suspension lugs.
Total length 660 mm.
On 13 Prairial An II ( June 1, 1794), the French National Convention, on the proposal of Barère, decided to establish a revolutionary war school, the Ecole de Mars, which united more than 3500 young men in the plain of Sablons near Paris in provisional camps for military instruction and exercises. The head was General Labretèche, who had distinguished himself against Austria at the Battle of Jemmapes in 1792. The students were divided according to the ancient model into four thousand units, "millerions", which in turn were divided into hundred units (centurions). Depending on the branch of arms, the students were called fusiliers (infantry), grenadiers, artillerymen, sappers, etc. They did not receive a uniform as such, but rather a uniform with the name "millerion". They were not given an actual uniform but a costume à l'antique, designed by the famous painter Jacques Louis David. This included the short sword, which was worn on a shoulder hanger. The troop branches seem to have used scabbard coverings of different colors, e.g. red for infantry. The school was already disbanded in October 1794.
Blade 480 mm long with licteur at the heel below the ear shield, flat with double-edged point and centre ridge, small spots without corrosion. Wooden scabbard with brass fittings, without impact or deformation, wine-red felt inlay of the period, engraved Masonic emblem in the centre of the suspension lugs.
Total length 660 mm.
On 13 Prairial An II ( June 1, 1794), the French National Convention, on the proposal of Barère, decided to establish a revolutionary war school, the Ecole de Mars, which united more than 3500 young men in the plain of Sablons near Paris in provisional camps for military instruction and exercises. The head was General Labretèche, who had distinguished himself against Austria at the Battle of Jemmapes in 1792. The students were divided according to the ancient model into four thousand units, "millerions", which in turn were divided into hundred units (centurions). Depending on the branch of arms, the students were called fusiliers (infantry), grenadiers, artillerymen, sappers, etc. They did not receive a uniform as such, but rather a uniform with the name "millerion". They were not given an actual uniform but a costume à l'antique, designed by the famous painter Jacques Louis David. This included the short sword, which was worn on a shoulder hanger. The troop branches seem to have used scabbard coverings of different colors, e.g. red for infantry. The school was already disbanded in October 1794.
Condition - II.
Revolution (1794).
Price : 1.900,- Euro
