FOOT ARTILLERY SABER, 1816 model, Restoration period.
Roman-style hilt (15.5 cm in height) in monobloc brass with symmetrical crossguard and handle adorned with 18 rows of scales. Strong pommel deeply engraved on each side with a large fleur-de-lis. At the top of the pommel, an iron rivet is meant to secure the blade reinforced by three sturdy transversal iron pins at the center of the handle.
Blade measuring 48.5 cm in length and 4.4 cm in width at the base, symmetrical with double-edged hollowed out by three creases on each side, base marked "Manufre Rle du Klingenthal July 1817"; it is stamped with the director of the Klingenthal manufacturing facility J.I. KRANTZ (September 1816 - February 1819), inspector F.L. LOBSTEIN (June 1811 - July 1821), and first-class controller stamp J.C. BICK (May 1815 - August 1824).
1816 model scabbard in blackened leather with two brass fittings.
France.
Restoration period.
Good state of preservation, blade with slight oxidation; the scabbard tip is a variant of the standard model, here with a round button in place of the guard.
Reference :
24144