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Jim McDougall
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Originally Posted by Norman McCormick View Post
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.
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