Cavalry officer's saber. Checkered ebony handle (crack). Iron mounting, German-style hilt with one branch and line-decorated half-orifice, quillon ending in a ball curved towards the tip. Curved blade with arched back, counter-edge, gutter, engraved in thirds and signed on the heel "Coulaux Frères Entrepreneur Manufacture Nationale d'armes blanches de Kligenthal". Later two-ring scabbard (pitting and accidents). A.B.E. (frame wear). Consulate period.

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