CUIRASSIERS SABER, model An XI, First Empire. 30368
Brass hilt, four-branch guard bearing the star-shaped "K" stamp of J.L. Krantz, inspector at the Klingenthal manufacturing facility 1812-1814, "B" between two laurel branches of J.G. Bick, 1st class controller 1812-1815, and the number "18." Short-tailed pommel, handle in wood wrapped in black waxed calf leather with brass filigree. Brass ferrules.
Straight blade with double hollow edges, 96.9 cm long with a point in line with the back, signed on the back "Mfture Imple du Klingenthal novembre 1813"; it bears the "L" stamp for the reviewer F.L. Lobstein, June 1811 - July 1821, star-shaped "K" of J.L. Krantz, inspector at the Klingenthal manufacturing facility 1812-1814, "B" between two laurel branches of J.G. Bick, 1st class controller 1812-1815. Scarlet cloth tie.
Steel scabbard with two suspension rings.
France.
First Empire.
Very good condition, missing the screw of the scabbard cup.
Reference :
30368