OFFICER'S SABER OF THE 4th REGIMENT OF HUSSARS, First Empire. 25840
Brass frame. German hilt with mumps engraved with lictor fasces. Guard branch engraved with a laurel branch. Short-tailed cap with pommel engraved with a military trophy and cap with acanthus leaves. Wooden handle sheathed in black waxed calf without original watermark with brass nails cut in the shape of clovers. Curved blade with hollow sides, length 86.5 cm, engraved and gilded on its first third with military trophies, foliage and a hussar on horseback, and the motto "Vivat / Hussard / n° 4", with a blued background. Mark « V° A K / & F » . Plain brass scabbard with two brass bail bracelets framed by a projecting molding.
France.
First Empire.
Good condition, the calf of the handle has shrunk slightly. Blade having retained its colors, slightly oxidized. The scabbard is not the model usually encountered on the saber of this regiment, however, this type of model appears at the end of the reign of Louis XVI, and will be worn until the first years of the Restoration. The wear of the saber explains a slight shortening of the blade and the replacement of the original scabbard.
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25840