CUIRASSIERS SABER, model Year XI, First Empire. 25868
Brass frame. Guard with four branches, main branch signed "VERSAILLES", hallmarked "C" under star of the director Châteaubrun, from July to December 1813. Top hallmarked "B" star of the reviser P. Bick, reviser from July 1813 then controller from December 1813 to September 1818. Blade with two wide hollow sides with point in the extension of the back, length 96.5 cm, signed on the back “Manufre Imple du Klingenthal May 1814”, it is marked “L” by the reviser F.L. Lobstein, reviser from June 1804 to July 1821, "B" under star of Inspector E.L. Borson, August 1814 to September 1816 and "B" framed by a chain of J.G. Bick, first class controller from May 1815 to August 1824. Natural leather tie. Steel scabbard with two bail bracelets.
France.
First Empire.
Very good condition, some oxidation on the blade, period blade, rivet changed, engraving on the back of the blade re-engraved.
Reference :
25868