WHITE WEAPONS. Officer's sabre of the Maréchaussée, model 1787, gilt brass mounting, hilt with one main branch and 3 moulded secondary branches, the main branch splitting in two at the half, cap in accolade decorated with a double line, spindle entirely covered with a twisted copper wire filigree, straight blade with hollow sides and blued gutter engraved with trophies in the first third, leather scabbard without ribs with 3 brass fittings decorated with a double line, iron stinger, cap with palmette-shaped knob and suspension ring, modern tie, L: 97 cm, blade: 81.5 cm. Worn gilding on the scabbard fittings. 1st Empire manufacture. BE