[ANCIENT WEAPONS 1st EMPIRE.] Officer sword. Mounted in gilded brass with a curved jointing arch with a middle ring, curved quillon, shuttle-shaped auricle, short melon-cut cap and finely checkered handle. Single-edged curved blade, counter-edged on the last quarter, blued, engraved and gilded on the first third. Scabbard in gilded brass. Length: 99 cm. Split cap and handle (with minor damage to the handle), bluing and gilding on the blade partially removed, traces of old oxidation along the entire length of the blade.