FRANZÖSISCHE HUSARISCHE SÄBEL SCHWERT, CONSULAT / ERSTES EMPIRE, 1800 JAHRE, FRANKREICH
Sabre d'Officier Supérieur de Hussards, Consulat / Premiere Empire, 1800, France.
Origin: France.
Rare French high officers hussar saber from the Consulat period. Sabers of this type were also in use during First Empire. Length in scabbard - 92,7 cm, without scabbard 89,6 cm.
Blade: curved single-edged blade with one wide and one narrow fuller and false edge near the tip. Decorated with engraved panoply and other motives popular in late 18th / early 19th c. Signed on the edge SCHABERG FILS DE FRANCOISE FABRIQUANT A SOLINGEN (Schaberg son of Francoise, manufacturer in Solingen). Length of the blade 77,9 cm, width - 34,5 mm, thickness 8 mm.
Hilt: closed hilt with knuckle guard bent twice 90 degrees, with etched mark D.F. Metal parts made of brass. Wooden grip covered with original leather and wrapped with brass wire. Ebony wood grip cut in rhomboidal shapes.
Scabbard: dark brown leather scabbard with bronze mounts.
Condition report: very good overall condition, blade with small, black points, engraved decorations perfectly preserved, wood on grip with some scratches, brass parts with small dents and scratches, leather on scabbard in good condition, crack lower part, dents and marks on brass mounts.