French M 1801 (An IX) Napoleonic infantry troopers short sword by VERSAILLES arsenal. Unit marked.

French M 1801 (An IX) infantry troopers short sword. Excellent bright finished long plain blade. The left ricasso is crisp stamped with three French inspector stamps: Crown over K in a circle (= Director J. I. Krantz 1812-1816),  B with in a  wreth in a circle (= Inspector J.G. Bick 1793-1809) and L in a circle (= Revisor F. L. Lobstein 1804-1820).
The right ricasso is unit marked: 5 B  L on over 56(= 5e Bataillion, weapon 56). Intact brown leather washer.
Excellent heavy one piece brass hilt with a single hand guard and a forward swept quillon.  Grip with 28 fine ribs. Left side of the hand guard is maker marked: VERSAILLES (= Versailles Arms Manufacture.- Director Nicolas Noel Boutet 1804- 1818 ) and shows another French inspection marking: N

No scabbard.
Total length: 76 cm. Width at the ricasso: 3,2 cm

This French Infantry troopers short sword is made at the Versailles Arsenal based in a wing of the Versailles Palais in Paris from 1793 till August 1818. Based on the inspector markings, this infantry short sword could have been on the battle field of Waterloo in 1815 in the hand of an infantry trooper!

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