December 10-13, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/10/2024
A fine example of a French Army crossbelt for hanger or "briquet" from the Napoleonic or First Empire period, with 58-inch-long belt of buff leather by 2 7/8 inches wide, that buckles to a wide brass buckle with two tines sewn to the top rear of a tapering frog, 3 inches wide at its mount and 6 inches long on its outer edge. The frog has a small brass buckle sewn to its front center, by which means the sword's scabbard was secured by a corresponding, small leather strap affixed to the throat of the scabbard. The front of the belt is pipeclayed white. CONDITION: Very good to excellent, the leather strong, but pliant; two small areas of oxidation staining on the reverse, one midway up belt and the other at the frog.