Light Cavalry Officer Saber, First Empire.

LIGHT CAVALRY OFFICER'S SABER, First Empire. Brass frame. Guard a branch decorated with nets. Rectangular cruise with a palmette in the lower part. Cap with short tail with pommel called "in ribs of melon". Finely checkered ebony grip, split grip. Curved blade with hollow sides, length 83 cm, engraved on its first third with floral decorations and golden weapon trophies with blued background. Scarlet cloth tie. Brass scabbard with protruding bowl, bail bracelets framed by flat moldings, just like bail eyelets, brass dart. The saber is presented with a civilian cord in white wool trimmings, as it was presented in the family property since the time. Good condition, split handle, blade to be cleaned, gilding of the frame and the scabbard missing, saber never cleaned since the time. France. First Empire.