steel, gilt brass; ebonite, wood, leather, solid thread; head length 70 cm, curvature 1.8 cm, overall length 82.8 cm, length in scabbard 88 cm.
France, 20th century.
Steel head, drawn on both sides in a narrow armor and an adventitious furrow; shield and scabbard hilt, brass; openwork shield with an anchor motif among vine threads and rope braids; back arm ending in a teardrop in the shape of a dolphin's head; scabbard also entwined with threads and rope; oval head, cannelled, with a roll-over cartouche and a braid of shells along the long braid; handle in ebonite lining with 11 notches; scabbard, trimmed with leather, brass fittings; tall visor, ending in a shell; riffle with a bracer; neck with a movable butt and a shell-shaped catch and an applied naval emblem - an anchor entwined with rope.
Please note: the sling with a tang is missing.
