Present sword with the arms of the Emirate of Bahrain. Presented by Crown Prince Hamad ben Issa Al Khalifa (current Emir) to French Defense Minister Yvon BOURGES (1979). Handle with ivory-style plates and two rivure buttons. Gilded brass mount with two bolted quillons, engraved on the body knot with the Emirate coat of arms. Flat-backed curved blade, stamped "103747", engraved on one half with foliage and large arms. Brown leather-covered scabbard with two-ring gilded brass cap and bolt. In its wooden case carved on the lid with the large arms, sheathed in red velvet, adorned in the lid with a plaque engraved in Arabic: "From His Highness and Sheikh Hamad Ben Aïssa Khalifa, Crown Prince and Minister of Defense of the State of Bahrain, to his counterpart Monsieur Yvon Bourges, Minister of Defense of the French Republic on the occasion of the official visit of His Highness. 1979." With its gold and scarlet passementerie strap. 120 x 20 cm x 9 cm (height) B.E.