Cavalry private saber, Austria, wz 1869

saber length in scabbard 1032 mm, saber length 960 mm, head length 830 mm, head width at base 33 mm, back thickness at base 8.5 mm, saber weight 1045 g, saber weight in scabbard 1675 g.

Hand closed, steel frame. Basket hilt, perforated with seven round holes. In the rear part of the basket two slots. The edges of the basket reinforced with a roller. Cap long, with cheekpieces, ring at the bottom. The shaft of the handle is missing. Traces of military numerators. Steel hilt, polished, with a slight curvature, profiled in a single adventitious groove on the outer lobe. The pen is long, double-edged, with a boney point. The haft is symmetrical. On the outer sill stamped signature of the manufacturer "Jung". On the inner lobe an engraved commemorative sentence "Rokitna 13 VI 1915", a tied monogram, an inscription "Battle and Homeland", a crowned eagle, a panoply with the Virgin Mary. P o c h w a s steel, with a riffle with a horizontal catch, below it a second riffle with a movable collar. Neck fixed with two screws (no screws). Asymmetrical spur. On the neck an inscribed military numerator. Scabbard sheath with several dents.
state of preservation 3-/3/2