WHITE WEAPONS. Infantry sabre lighter model AN IX with moulded and stamped brass mounting, 36 groove hilt, flat curved blade signed BARISONI on the back and stamped C with a star, 2-piece leather scabbard with bleached buffalo and topstitched shoulder strap, modern tricolour tie: L: 73 cm, blade: 59 cm. ABE BARISONI, forger in Milan, produced many sabres for cavalry and light cavalry as well as infantry lighters for French troops in Italy.