FRANCE. Naval officer's sabre model 1837 with gilt brass mounting, horn handle, watermark missing, single-branch guard, openwork guard with naval anchor under imperial crown and decorated with oak and laurel leaves, curved blade with double hollow sides and median edge, leather scabbard with 3 trimmings, the cap decorated with an anchor under crown signed BOUART in PARIS. L: 82.5 cm, blade: 68.5 cm. Damage to the leather of the scabbard. Second Empire period. ABE