SENIOR LIGHT CAVALRY OFFICER'S SABER, First Empire. 28177
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SENIOR LIGHT CAVALRY OFFICER'S SABER, First Empire. 28177
Gilded brass frame. Guard with three branches molded and chiseled with laurel branches and palm leaves. Long-tailed cap molded with corollas of foliage and the head of a bearded warrior. Wooden handle covered in black waxed calfskin. Curved blade with hollow sides, length 86.4 cm, it is engraved and gilded with a cartouche with corollas of foliage and an uncrowned imperial eagle, all on a blued background on the first third of the blade. Steel scabbard with two large gilt bronze bracelets chiseled with laurel leaves, water leaves and florets, gilt brass rings. Gilded brass scabbard entry bowl.
France.
First Empire.
Very good condition, leather of the rocket slightly rubbed, slight surface oxidation on the scabbard, rear blade, scabbard entry bowl changed later and not fixed.
Gilded brass frame. Guard with three branches molded and chiseled with laurel branches and palm leaves. Long-tailed cap molded with corollas of foliage and the head of a bearded warrior. Wooden handle covered in black waxed calfskin. Curved blade with hollow sides, length 86.4 cm, it is engraved and gilded with a cartouche with corollas of foliage and an uncrowned imperial eagle, all on a blued background on the first third of the blade. Steel scabbard with two large gilt bronze bracelets chiseled with laurel leaves, water leaves and florets, gilt brass rings. Gilded brass scabbard entry bowl.
France.
First Empire.
Very good condition, leather of the rocket slightly rubbed, slight surface oxidation on the scabbard, rear blade, scabbard entry bowl changed later and not fixed.
Reference :
28177
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