Hussar officer's saber, Austria, ca. 1820

Saber length in scabbard 1014 mm, saber length 967 mm, head length 840 mm, head width at base 30 mm, back thickness at base 9 mm, saber weight 570 g, saber weight in scabbard 1210 g.

Hand closed, iron frame. Straight, cross-barbed hackle, with whiskers. The rear arm ended in a coiled volute towards the head. The front one, bent at a right angle, forms a bail, expanded at the top and connected to the headstock. Wooden shaft, densely cross-notched, covered with black leather and braided with two double-twisted brass wires. A long, profiled cap fixed in the rear arm of the hilt with a keyway, while the top is a rhomboid washer, riveted with the shaft of the head. Head of polished steel, oxidized, with moderate curvature. Profiled on both sides into a single wide dorsal groove, filling almost the entire amphibious surface. The pen is double-edged, the stab in the line of the ridge. On the two sills, under the cap, etched gilt ornaments, characteristic of late 18th and early 19th century heads. Amphibians at the height of the hilt etched, partially gilded decorations, consisting of flowered floral branches, sunflowers and panoplies. P o c h w a steel, polished, blackened. Neck collar with moustache sockets, fixed in the scabbard sheath by pressing. Two riffles with movable butt caps on the back. The scabbard ended with a spur.
state of preservation 3+/4/3+