WHITE WEAPONS. Mounted infantry officer's sabre, type 1800, gilt brass mounting, single-branch hilt, shuttle-shaped pommels, melon-ribbed cap, squared ebony hilt, semi-curved blade with hollow sides, gutter and counter-edge, engraved in the first quarter with foliage and trophies of arms, iron scabbard with 2 brass straps, asymmetrical iron stinger. L: 88.5 cm, blade: 74.5 cm. 1st Empire period. ABE