SWORDS. Cavalry officer's sabre type 1784 with gilt brass mounting, hilt with one right-angled main branch and 4 secondary branches underlined by a fillet joining a central palmette, the lower part of the shell is solid, counterguard forming the continuation of the central palmette, Wooden spindle covered with a double twisted copper filigree, cap with lion's head and long tail, flat straight blade, not punched, leather scabbard with 2 brass fittings cut into braces and decorated with lines, asymmetrical brass stinger, cap with a button, modern tie. L: 106 cm, blade: 91 cm. Late ancien-régime, Directoire period. Scabbard fittings and stitching reinforced with glue. ABE