SABER INFANTRY TROOPS CALLED “LIGHTER” model Year IX, signed by the Manufacture de Versailles, Restoration. 28193
One-piece brass frame with guard on one branch hallmarked by the Versailles factory and the “N” in an oval by director L. Nottret, April 1816-September 1818. Handle with 36 strands, molded quillon. Flat, slightly curved blade, length 57.4 cm; back of the blade marked “Manufre Rle du Klingenthal May 1817”; the blade bears the starry “K” hallmarks of the inspector then director J.I. Krantz from March 1812 to August 1814 then from September 1816 to February 1819, the "B" surrounded by a chain of the first class controller J.G. Bick from May 1815 to August 1824 and the mark "L" reviser F.L. Lobstein from 1804 to 1821 .Scarlet cloth tie. Black patent leather scabbard with two brass fittings, cover of the year XIII model with trigger guard for the passage of the leather tab.
France.
Restoration.
Very good condition, blade with slight oxidation from use.
Reference :
28193