The Turks head is a frequently encountered decoration on late 18th Century blades, seen on swords from many nations. This of course does not preclude that the sword blades were all sourced from the same centre of production; Solingen.
Regarding Caissagnard, his blades mostly sport the same three motifs; the sword arm from clouds, smiling sun and the man in the moon as seen in the attached photo. We don’t know if Caissagnard ordered his blades like this or did the decoration himself.
The second photo is from a 1788 Pattern troopers sabre retailed by J J Runkel to the British Army. This shows the level of decoration available from the smiths of Solingen on a regular sword. It also shows the quality and style of the engraving of the time.
Personally, the more I look at Francois’ sword, the more I am inclined to believe it is modern.
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