Modern copy of an emblazoned saber commemorating the storming of the Bastille. Three-pronged brass hilt, decorated with a three-medallion plate (profile of Lafayette, coat-of-arms of Paris and the Bastille) on a background of flags in bundles, flanked by a rooster, with long-tailed cap and lion-head pommel, serrated plate and openwork with two rings. Black leather-trimmed buttstock with double braided filigree and brass braid. Slightly curved blade with two hollow sides, two gutters, one cutting edge and one flat back, and counter-edge. Blackened leather scabbard with two brass fittings. Blade length: 75.5 cm - Total length: 91 cm. Some stains and rubbing to the scabbard.