SWORD. Light cavalry officer's sabre, brass mounting, three-prong "hunter" hilt edged with fillet, shuttle-shaped mounts, long-tailed cap, wooden hilt sheathed in basane and double twisted brass filigree, curved hollow-point blade engraved and gilded in thirds with foliage and trophies of arms, signed P. (Peter) KNECHT (Solingen), steel scabbard with two brass bracelets, brass bowl, asymmetrical iron stinger. L: 96 cm, blade: 82 cm. 1st Empire-Restoration period. ABE