SWORD. Non-commissioned officer's sabre of the Cent-gardes squadron, gilded brass mounting, long-tailed cap with oval pommel, moulded 4-prong hilt joining a medallion of laurel leaves forming an openwork shell with in the centre the large imperial arms riveted by six rivets on an 8-point silver glory, Horn spindle with twisted filigree, straight "T" blade with hollow sides signed on the back "Manufacture Impériale de Châtellerault", August 1854, iron scabbard with 2 straps, gilt-wire lanyard. L: 116 cm, blade: 100 cm. Surface oxidation of the scabbard. ABE