Beautiful sword for a senior officer or dignitary, offered by a city. Guard entirely in gilded silver (950). Keyboard adorned in the center with a bust of Henri IV in a medallion, with a winged divinity on either side, above two leafy quillons terminating in a bust in a medallion, one with a woman, the other with a man, branch entirely chased, in the middle a bust of Minerva. Oval pommel representing, on one side, a woman's head symbolizing a city, wearing an olive wreath and a mural crown, and on the back, a rooster. Fully chased fuse, with a large lictor beam surrounded by foliage on the front and a helmeted Minerva in a medallion on the back (fuse turned over). Gilded and blued blade, etched on one half with a man in armor, a monogram: "J F A" or "F A" and a crowned imperial eagle; on the heel, a rhombus with the engraver's signature: "Bisch Le Jeune"; back marked: "Manufacture Impériale du Klingenthal". Leather scabbard with two gilded silver (950) fittings decorated with palms and flowers, iron stinger. PARIS, 1809-1819 (medium guarantee). Late First Empire period, modified under the Restoration with the addition of a bust of Henri IV. Gross weight: 727 g. - Blade length: 71 cm - Total length: 91.5 cm. Some oxidation on the blade; leather damaged in the middle; bent cap; cap knob ground in the center. Other models of the same type are known, also given as gifts by a town, and do not bear the same goldsmith's hallmark as this one.