LIGHT CAVALRY TROOP SABER, model 1816, Restoration period.
Brass hilt. Guard with three branches, main branch marked "174" and re-marked "1775", stamped with the starred "B" of inspector Borson, 1814-1816, and the number "40" in a rectangle. Short-tailed pommel, plate with downward-curving quillon stamped "M69". Handle made of wood covered with black waxed calf leather with brass filigree. Curved blade with hollow edges, length 91.9 cm, stamped "D 78", "L" for Lobstein, inspector from 1804 to 1821, "B" surrounded by a chain representing Bick, first-class controller from 1815 to 1824, "B" topped with a star representing inspector Bureau, 1819-1822; spine signed "Manufacture Royale du Klingenthal May 1820". Natural buffalo tie. Iron scabbard with two belt rings similarly marked to the guard "1775", scabbard mouth in iron.
France.
Restoration period.
Very good condition.
Reference :
25682