Polish officer's saber, model 1921, of Major Intendant PROCHASKA Leather-covered handle with filigree. Brass mounting, one branch guard and two shuttle-like pommels. Curved blade with flat back, gutters, engraved on an amatized background, with foliage scrolls, the Polish eagle and the inscription "Honor i Ojczyzna", signed on the heel of the manufacturer Borowski in Warsaw. Scabbard in iron sheet with two bracelets (oxidations). A.B.E. About 1930. Attached is a Gold Cross of Merit patent (November 9, 1938) in the name of Major Intendant PROCHASKA. Officer during the Polish-Soviet war, attaché of the Polish embassy in Paris between the two wars, exiled with the Polish government in London in 1940, Franciszek Prochaska returned to Paris and Lasalle in the Gard after the war and then to Aix-en-Provence. Lot presented by Jean-Claude Dey and Arnaud de Gouvion Saint-Cyr - jean-claude.dey@wanadoo.fr