Sorry for the mess. I wrote Chateaurenault instead of Chatellerault but that did not seem correct. Of course it should have been Klingenthal.
I have one of those two channeled blades mounted with a XIXth century copy of a XVI th century hispano-flemish hilt. The Couleux inscription was erased but not beyond recognition.
I take notice for the long ricassos... never say never...
Originally they were for all kind of dress sword shortly after Napoleon III.
This one is for medical staff.
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