359 Duchy of Parma: Presentation sabre from Duke Carlo III di Borbone - Parma (1849 - 1854) to General Antonio Crotti.

 Iron bow hilt with the coat of arms of the Duchy of Parma inlaid in gold and the crowned gilded cipher Duke Charles II of Bourbon - Parma (r. 1849 - 1854.

On the bow medallion with the gilded inscription in fracture: "GEN. A.C." (General Antonio Crotti,Brigadier General and last commander of the army of the Duchy of Parma).

Handle in ray skin. The fullered single-edged blade with rich decorative etching of weapon trophies and arabesques on both sides. The maker's signature on the quarterside: "Cio Sassi Milano".

Smooth iron scabbard with two suspension rings.

Total length: 103 cm. Blade 88 cm.

 Beautiful and important blank weapon of great rarity and importance for the history of the Duchy of Bourbon - Parma. Ferdinand Charles III of Parma (* 14 January 1823 in Florence; † 27 March 1854 in Parma) was Duke of Parma from 1849 to 1854. Ferdinand Charles was the only son of Duke Charles II Louis of Parma (1799-1883) and Princess Maria Theresa (1803-1879), daughter of King Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia-Piedmont and his wife Maria of Modena. After his father abdicated in his favor, he returned to Parma from London in August 1849 under the protection of Austrian troops and established an arbitrary reactionary regime that made him so hated that in March 1854 he was stabbed to death in the open street in Parma by an unknown man. The heir to the throne, Duke Robert (1854-1859/60), who was still underage, was succeeded by his mother, the French-born Bourbon princess Louise Marie of Bourbon.

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