Montmorency blade in late 18th c. British military swords

[Norman McCormick]

e Trente un septembre 1789 les gardes du corps regalèrent les regiments de Flandres dragons de Montmorency gardes nationaux de Versailles et autres)

(Thirty one September 1789 the bodyguards regaled the Regiments of Flanders Dragoons of Montmorency National Guards of Versailles and others)

Image of a French Petite Montmorency with an English silver hilt hanger with Montmorency style blade both C1780.

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by Norman McCormick

e Trente un septembre 1789 les gardes du corps regalèrent les regiments de Flandres dragons de Montmorency gardes nationaux de Versailles et autres)

(Thirty one September 1789 the bodyguards regaled the Regiments of Flanders Dragoons of Montmorency National Guards of Versailles and others)

Image of a French Petite Montmorency with an English silver hilt hanger with Montmorency style blade both C1780.

Thank you Norman! great context for the Montmorency term! and those two sabers are fantastic!! Ive never seen the fluer de lis in openwork like that.

[Pertinax]

Only now I discovered that this blade can also be classified as a "Montmorency" type.

[Jim McDougall]

Indeed it is Yuri! I forgot about this fascinating nimcha.......what history it has. The local armourers really put the entire montage of 'magic' into the blade with these markings from the European armory. No doubt the pride of a Berber warrior.