WHITE WEAPONS. Officer's sabre of cavalry of line model 1822 "Donné par le Roi", gilded brass mounting, guard with 4 branches engraved with foliage, spindle covered with dogfish skin, twisted brass filigree, Curved blade with hollow sides and groove signed on the back by the Royal Manufacture of Klingenthal, February 1823, hallmarks of the controllers Bick and Mouton, engraved in capital letters "Donné par le Roi", iron scabbard with 2 rings, modern tie. L: 108.5 cm, blade: 91.5 cm. Pitting on the scabbard. Neither the frame nor the scabbard are signed by Manceaux in Paris, although they were the successful bidder for this contract. ABE From 1822 onwards, the King gave graduates of military schools an engraved sabre, either for light cavalry or for the line, depending on their posting.