WHITE WEAPONS. Senior infantry officer's sabre model 1845 with gilt brass 2-prong hilt, horn spindle, watermark missing, openwork hilt decorated with foliage and scrolls, straight blade with hollow sides and gutter marked "Manufre Rle de Châtellerault, août 1846", iron scabbard with 2 rings. L: 91.5 cm, blade: 76.5 cm. Pin bent, scabbard pitted. ABE