Original French Post-Napoleonic Lion’s Head Officer’s Sword with Scabbard and Gold-Inlaid & Etched Wootz Damascus Blade Category_Receiver The helmet is adorned with

The helmet is adorned with multiple chips in various areas

362 planes battle damaged and 61 forced to land on the continent

for the 81mm mortar

125” barrel and the M-1857 with a 40

which we assume has a picture of the owner's significant other / wife

Original French Post-Napoleonic Lion’s Head Officer’s Sword with Scabbard and Gold-Inlaid & Etched Wootz Damascus Blade Category_Receiver The helmet is adorned withOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a lovely early 19th century Continental officers sword likely used by France during the post Napoleonic period, around 1820 1830. The sword is all brass mounted with a lovely lions head pommel and wire wrapped leather grip. The blade of the sword is gorgeous Wootz Steel, a form of laminated crucible steel, very similar to "Damascus Steel". We see this often on high end blades from the Middle East and South