Battle saber, Hungary, 2nd half of 19th century.

saber length in scabbard 1020 mm, saber length 987 mm, head length 845 mm, head width at base 38 mm, back thickness at base 11 mm, saber weight 995 g, saber weight in scabbard 1675 g.

Hand closed, steel frame. Cross-barbed yoke, with straight whiskers. Wooden shaft, notched, covered with leather, fixed to the shaft with a massive rivet. The cap is long. The hilt is broadly profiled in one groove. Long, double-edged feather, stab in the line of the back. At the height of the pledge both sides decoration and sentences in Latin. On one side a figure of the Virgin Mary with the inscription: "Maria Mater/Dei Patrona/Hungariae sub/tuum Presidium/Confugio" (Mary, Mother of God, Patroness of Hungary, under your protection I take refuge). On the other, a cross with the inscription: "Deus Exerci/tuum Bellator/fortissime/Esto mecum" (God most powerful Commander of armies, stand by me". P o c h w a wooden, covered with black leather. Wide, ornately cut hardware of white metal, set in contoured sockets. Neck with a moustache dodger and a link for a movable collar. Below, a ring with a link and movable collar, forming a second riffle. Long viscus ending in a cylindrical spur and two side spurs.
state of preservation: 4/4/4