Sword of Court attributed to Marshal Emmanuel de GROUCHY (1766-1847) Gilt bronze frame. Flared pommel and gadrooned fuse, single-branch hilt, flattened round quillon, small donkey-steps and large oval shell edged with a string of pearls. Triangular blade, engraved, gilded and blued in the third (stitching) from Stamm to Solingen. Wooden scabbard with shagreen-like paper remnants, with two gilded iron trimmings. B.E. Directoire period. Provenance : Sale Alain Gaudot, February 16, 1973, certificate Robert Jean Charles. A file assembled by the collector will be given to the buyer. Biography : Marshal and Peer of France (1766-1847) Under the Old Regime, he was an officer in the Fère regiment and then Second Lieutenant of the bodyguards of Louis XVI in 1786.