Cavalry saber, Western Europe, circa 1800.

saber length in scabbard 998 mm, saber length 964 mm, head length 835 mm, head width at base 30 mm, back thickness at base 9 mm, saber weight 705 g, saber weight in scabbard 1185 g.

Hand closed, steel frame. Tailpiece sigmoidal, four-cornered, with whiskers. Wooden shaft, cross-notched, covered with leather and laced with filigree. The long cap is fixed in the socket of the hilt at the bottom, riveted with a pin at the top. Steel blade, nickel-plated, of medium curvature, profiled on both sides in a wide furrow. A double-edged tongue, the hilt with a claw. At the height of the pawn, both amphibians tarnished navy blue and decorated with gilded panoplies, typical of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. On both sides, at the base, the signature "Gebr. Weyersberg in Saligen". P o c h w a s metal, with two movable spines on the back. Neck fixed in the scabbard sheath by a press fit. Asymmetrical spur. Several dents on the sheath.
state of preservation: 5/5/5