France - Officier cavalerie légère type 1800 1er empire - cavalerie - Sabre
Light cavalry officer’s sabre type 1800, 1st Empire. Total length with sheath: 97 cm, sabre length: 94 cm. Sabre: blade: 83 cm, arrow: 6 cm, width at the heel: 3 cm Period Consulate/First Empire. Gridded ebony butt. Engraved bluish and gilded blade, curved with one cutting side and sharp opposite side. Army trophy, signed SHR. Brass sheath with two suspension rings. Bumps to the sheath and lacks to the bluish. No play in the guard or grip, no lacks. See photos, I will happily answer your questions. Happy bidding.
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Light cavalry officer’s sabre type 1800, 1st Empire. Total length with sheath: 97 cm, sabre length: 94 cm. Sabre: blade: 83 cm, arrow: 6 cm, width at the heel: 3 cm Period Consulate/First Empire. Gridded ebony butt. Engraved bluish and gilded blade, curved with one cutting side and sharp opposite side. Army trophy, signed SHR. Brass sheath with two suspension rings. Bumps to the sheath and lacks to the bluish. No play in the guard or grip, no lacks. See photos, I will happily answer your questions. Happy bidding.