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A RARE NAPOLEONIC KINGDOM OF HOLLAND CARABINIERS MODEL 1813 TYPE 3 OFFICER'S SWORD BY SCHIMMELBUSCH & ZOON OF SOLINGEN,
circa 1810-15, with 36in. single-edged clipped-point blade with two fullers on each side, approx. 14in. each side below the hilt with foliate and stands of arms engraving, the ricasso engraved with 'Schimmelbusch / & Zoon' to one side and 'a / Solingen' over, quillioned brass guard and lozenged pommel both with floral engraving, wire-bound brown leather grip, guard with a brass lion's face riveted over an earlier cypher, together with its black leather scabbard with brass furniture, some staining and edge-nicks to the blade, guard has movement on the handle, hilt engraving rubbed in places, one rivet absent from lion's face, scabbard leather worn with some denting to the furniture, 42in. overall
Provenance: Following the French Revolution, the area of the Low Countries roughly equivalent to modern day Belgium was incorporated into France, and in 1806, the Kingdom of Holland was established as a semi-autonomous French client-state which raised its own troops, including a cuirassier regiment. In 1810, this short-lived state was also incorporated into France, with the Kingdom of Holland cuirassier regiment now becoming the French 14th cuirassier regiment. After the end of French rule in 1814, the Low Countries were reunited into a single political entity and the cuirassiers regiment was divided into two Dutch regiments and a Belgian regiment. It should be noted that whilst this sword is of German origin, the maker's name has been translated, 'Zoon' being 'Sohn' (or 'Son') in Dutch.
From the time of the regiment's initial creation by the Kingdom of Holland, these cuirassiers were armed and trained the same as their French counterparts, with their swords being a variant of the French pattern AN XI sword. Officer's swords were a more ornate version of this, with a four-barred guard incorporating a cypher. As to be expected, such expensive swords were often recycled by their owners and in this case, it seems that the brass lion's face has been riveted over the previous Napoleonic cypher to obscure it and allow further use to be made of the sword
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Estimate £300-500
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