EPEE D'OFFICIER DE LA GARDE IMPERIALE MODELE 1860, the frame - Lot 134

EPEE D'OFFICIER DE LA GARDE IMPERIALE MODELE 1860, the frame in chased and gilded brass, the keyboard with the large imperial arms and the counter-keyboard folding down by press stud, the single-branch guard adorned with lightning bolts and the imperial N, the straight quillon, the cap adorned with the imperial eagle, the horn handle and twisted brass filigree, the triangular blade hallmarked and signed 'Mre Imple de Chat/t / O. De la garde / Mle 1860' on the heel; the leather scabbard with brass cap and bolt. Manufacture impériale de Chatellerault, Napoleon III period. Total length (with scabbard): 99 cm. Slight wear, the blade does not fully fit into the scabbard, silver-plated passementerie strap.