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Which historical figure commissioned the sabre up for auction in May 2025?
Giquello Auction House confirmed that a sabre commissioned by Napoleon in 1802 will go under the hammer on 22 May 2025 with a €1 million high estimate. Still in Marshal Grouchy’s family, the weapon bears the emperor’s gilt ‘N’ and battle nicks thought to date from Austerlitz. Micro‑