LIGHT CAVALRY SABER, model An XI (1802), First Empire. 23553
Brass frame, hunter's guard with three lateral branches, quillon, cap, half-olives and bars. Wood and leather handle. The guard branch has the mark of “PARIS” and a hallmark probably of the founder “CI”, quillon hallmarked “AP”. Curved blade with hollow sides, 84.8 cm long, marking on the back erased. Natural leather tie. Iron scabbard with wooden barrel and half-round bail bracelets, hallmarked “AP”.
France.
First Empire.
Good condition, some small damages to the calf of the handle, oxidation of the blade and the scabbard.
Reference :
23553