491 bis Copy of a saber of type AN XI, model troop of light cavalry. Guard with three branches. Leather fuse (small lack) with double olives. Cruiser with shuttles. Curved blade marked on the back Manuf Imp du Klingenthal, October 1813. Scabbard out of sheet of iron with two rings of bélière (oxidations) Length of the blade: 88 cm

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