Description
Oriental-style light cavalry officer's saber. Handle with horn plates and eyelet. Crosspiece with two bolted quillons decorated with foliage scrolls. Chain guard. Flat-backed curved blade engraved on one half with foliate scrolls and trophies of arms, signed "H. Faure Le Page 8.R.Richelieu Paris". Sheet metal scabbard (pitted) with three fittings decorated with laurel wreaths and friezes. A.B.E. Circa 1860-1880.
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Oriental-style light cavalry officer's saber. Handle with horn plates and eyelet. Crosspiece with two bolted quillons decorated with foliage scrolls. Chain guard. Flat-backed curved blade engraved on one half with foliate scrolls and trophies of arms, signed "H. Faure Le Page 8.R.Richelieu Paris". Sheet metal scabbard (pitted) with three fittings decorated with laurel wreaths and friezes. A.B.E. Circa 1860-1880.