SWORD. Light cavalry officer's sabre, brass mounting, three-prong "hunter's" hilt bordered with fillet, shuttle-shaped pommels, long-tailed cap, wooden hilt sheathed in basane and double twisted copper filigree, curved blade with hollow sides and gutter, steel scabbard with two brass clasp bracelets, brass bowl, asymmetrical iron stinger. Length: 97.5 cm, blade: 83 cm. 1st Empire-Restoration period. As found, surface oxidation on scabbard and blade. ABE