Light Cavalry Or Honor Guard Officer's Saber, First Empire - Restoration.

SABER FOR AN OFFICER OF THE LIGHT CAVALRY OR HONOR GUARD, First Empire - Restoration. 30104 Silver-plated metal mount. Single-branch hilt decorated with a protruding molding. Ear-pieces decorated at the front with a trophy of arms and at the back with a spider's web. Cap with a short, scalloped tail in relief, known as "melon ribs". Finely checkered ebony grip. Curved blade with hollow sides engraved and gilded with trophies of arms and floral decorations on a blued background, it bears the hand-engraved "LA BOUCHETIERE - VENDÉE 1799", length 86.3 cm. Silver-plated brass scabbard with two bail bracelets engraved with a vertically striated frieze, each framed with engraved acanthus leaves, iron rivet. France. First Empire. Good condition, hand-engraved blade probably made at the time in memory of the Vendée conflict. NOTE: Janvre dit de La Bouchetière, ship captain, knight of Saint Louis, served in the Vendée army, he will be proposed as commissioner in 1825. In the composition of the Catholic and royal army, an officer by the name of La Bouchetière is listed for the years 1793-1799. He commanded an independent army.