FRENCH INFANTRY OFFICER’S SWORD C.1870-80

Plated hilt with three bar guard and wire wrapped horn grip, with its original green sword knot. 32 ¾” double edged blade with narrow fullers off set in the French taste. The base with the F B D helmet mark of Francois Delacour & Bakes, Parisian sword maker and supplier active during that period. Hilt, grip and blade, excellent. Plated scabbard with no dents, pitting speckles one side and the plating near complete and bright.