Light Cavalry Officer's Sabre
France
First Empire
Steel, bronze, brass, wood
Total length: 96.5; Blade length: 82.7 cm

Gilt bronze mount.
Melon-ribbed cap and short tail.
A joint arch decorated with rings and an elongated pearl in its middle.
Cruise with a keel, oval-shaped lug with a marginal border.
Checkered wooden handle with guttered edges.
Curved blade with a single edge and central fuller, blued for one-third of its length and engraved with floral motifs and bundles of arms, highlighted with gold.
Red felt tie.
Brass scabbard with two bands and suspension rings, lyre-shaped dart.

Ref.: 6692

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