Cavalry officer's saber, France, 19th century.

saber length in scabbard 1042 mm, saber length 980 mm, head length 832 mm, head width at base 31 mm, back thickness at base 9 mm, saber weight 860 g, saber weight in scabbard 1515 g

Hand closed, brass binding, basket-shaped. Tailpiece sigmoidal, crossed, three-cornered, with whiskers. Wooden shaft with fourteen transverse notches, covered with black leather and wrapped twice with smooth brass wire and filigree. The cap is long, reaching the hilt, topped with an oval bump, riveted with the shaft of the head, with the bottom fixed with a wedge to the hilt. Broken tip. Head of steel, polished, profiled on both sides into a single wide, reaching double-edged feather. The hilt in the line of the ridge. At the height of the pledge, etched decoration on both sides: panoplia, floral tendrils, flowers. P o c h w a steel, polished, two brass riffles, flat back. Brass neck with moustache slots, asymmetrical spur.
state of preservation 4/4/4