Cavalry officer's saber, France, An IX

saber length in scabbard 1000 mm, saber length 972 mm, head length 825 mm, head width at base 29.5 mm, back thickness at base 9 mm, saber weight 895 g, saber weight in scabbard 1455 g

Hand closed, brass binding. A sigmoidal, three-barreled yoke. Wooden shaft, cross-notched, covered with leather and braided with filigree (loose braid). Long cap set in a ring at the hilt, with the top nut on the shank. The steel hilt, polished, of medium curvature, profiled on both sides into a single, wide, adventurous furrow, reaching a double-edged feather. The hilt with a claw. P o c h w a steel, nickel-plated. Two massive brass riffles with barrel-shaped rings. Neck with brass collar fixed in the sheath by pressing. Asymmetrical spur.
state of preservation: 4/4/4