Beautiful French Sergeants Halberd Louis XIV

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For me these 5 languages you speak are all the same: English. French is a totally other thing. I hope that you understand that I cannot and will not translate the whole text but some words to what the French text is saying and what might be important to know:

The first drawings of this halberd - unfortunately not dated - appeared between 1675 and 1680 during the reign of king Louis XIV. . It is known that the total length of this piece with the blade has been fixed by the ordnance of decembre 1st 1692 and was 211cm. Only two examples are known in France and mentioned by Christian Aries. One in the Musée de l'Armée in Paris and an other one in the Musée de l'Empéri at Salon de Provence near Marseille. N°1 is the drawing of 1675/80, N°2 is the halberd in the Army Museum of Paris and N°3 is the piece in Salon de Provence. Both arms are signed with "C. GOUNOD". Congratulation to this really rare halberd!!
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