WHITE WEAPONS. Junior infantry officer's sabre, brass mounting, wooden spindle covered with double twisted copper filigree, pommel with empanelled helmet, revolving hilt with one main flat limb and 2 movable limbs with springs, single plate, Montmorency-style curved blade with hollow sides and counter-edge, blued and gilded in thirds engraved with foliage and trophies of arms, leather scabbard with 3 brass fittings cut into a brace, chape with a cut-out for the spring to pass through, asymmetrical angular sting. L: 96.5 cm, blade: 81 cm. Revolutionary period. ABE