FRANCE, Second Empire - Hussar officer's sabretache. Patent leather with gilded brass Imperial Eagle. Lined with black morocco and blue velvet. 23.5 x 24.5 cm. Wear and cracks, notably to the leather fastenings of the suspension rings; hinge almost cut off; minor accidents and edge wear. - Grenadier à pied de la Garde Impériale de Napoléon III, troupe. In patent leather, with brass-stamped flaming grenade in each corner and a crowned imperial eagle holding a sparkling Jupiter spindle in its talons. The inside of the pattelette bears a "Cie Ile Rt de La Gde" reception stamp and partially crossed-out service numbers. Grenade height: 4.3 cm - Eagle height: 9.5 cm. 13.5 x 22.5 cm. Pattelette and case detached, with accidents and missing seams; straps missing.