Lot n° 444
Estimation :
800 - 1200
EUR
Result without fees
Result
: 2 500EUR
Light cavalry officer saber belonging to Edouard Duval de Be - Lot 444
Light cavalry officer saber belonging to Edouard Duval de Beaulieu (1789-1873)
Leather handle with watermark. Brass frame decorated with the line, guard with three branches and two auricles in shuttle. Curved blade with flat back, double hollow sides, fine counter-edge, signed "Coulaux Frères" "Manufacture de Klingenthal", engraved with cannons, spears and flowery motifs, with remains of bluing and gold. Scabbard in iron sheet with two bracelets and two brass rings. Asymmetrical iron stinger.
L: 101,5 cm.
A.B.E. First Empire period.
Provenance: Edouard Duval de Beaulieu (1789-1873), officer of hussars then captain of the 3rd regiment of the guards of honor from 1813.
Biography:
Born in Mons, Duval de Beaulieu served as a page to Emperor Napoleon I. He served bravely in the cavalry, first in the 10th Hussars regiment, then in the 5th Hussars from 1807. He was appointed captain of the 3rd regiment of the Guards of Honour in 1813. He was wounded five times and had three horses killed during his campaigns. At the end of his career, he became a division general in the Belgian army.
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