Original French Post-Napoleonic Lion’s Head Officer’s Sword with Scabbard and Gold-Inlaid & Etched Wootz Damascus Blade Category_Receiver Amidst revolutionary turmoil

Amidst revolutionary turmoil

with serial number 5569 n also marked on the barrel and trigger group

which allowed a pole to be inserted to aim the cannon

joining the 503rd PIR and the newly arrived Company C

125” barrel and the M-1857 with a 40

Original French Post-Napoleonic Lion’s Head Officer’s Sword with Scabbard and Gold-Inlaid & Etched Wootz Damascus Blade Category_Receiver Amidst revolutionary turmoilOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a lovely early 19th century Continental officers sword likely used by France during the post Napoleonic period, around 1820 1830. The sword is all brass mounted with a lovely lions head pommel and wire wrapped leather grip. The blade of the sword is gorgeous Wootz Steel, a form of laminated crucible steel, very similar to "Damascus Steel". We see this often on high end blades from the Middle East and South