[ANCIENT WEAPONS 1st EMPIRE.] Hussar officer's sabre, model an IX a la chasseur. Gilt brass mounting, with jointed bow and two secondary branches, curved quillon, shuttle-shaped mounts and long-tailed spoon-shaped cap. Handle covered in basane with filigree. Curved single-edged blade with counter-edge at the tip, blued, engraved (hussar charging) and gilded on the first third, slightly bevelled tip. Steel scabbard with bowl and brass bracelets. Length: 101 cm. Traces of oxidation to the scabbard.