SWORD. Light cavalry officer's sabre with gilt brass mounting, right-angled single-branch hilt with curved quillon and lower half-ears engraved with a palm leaf, escutcheon engraved with scales, pommel with short tail and moulded rectangular cap, squared ebony spindle, curved blade with hollow sides and counter-edge, brass scabbard with 2 moulded flat straps, asymmetrical iron stinger. L: 87 cm, blade: 72 cm. 1st Empire period. Worn gilding, play on the guard. ABE