"Officer's Saber Of Light Cavalry Or Hunter - France - XIXth Century"
Officer's Saber Of Light Cavalry Or HunterFrance
19th century
Steel, brass, basane
Total length: 95 ; Blade length: 81 cm
Brass mounting.
Long-tailed cap edged with fillet.
Jointed bow, secondary branches, shuttle-shaped pommels edged with fillet.
Basane-covered handle with brass filigree.
Curved quillon finished with a button.
Single-edged curved blade with hollow edge, engraved with bundles of arms and foliage and signed "P. Knecht" and "Solingen".
Brass scabbard with two rings.
Item number: 3661
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