Modified hussar sabre. Leather-covered wooden handle. Copper-plated brass mounting, modified hilt without guard limb with two half-horns, one of which is cut. Flat-backed curved blade engraved "Mfture de Klingenthal", hallmarked Cabannes and Bisch. Leather-covered scabbard with two large brass fittings and two rings, one brass and one iron. As is, modified period sword with shortened blade and scabbard. Circa 1790. Length : 74 cm. (Expert : Arnaud de Gouvion St Cyr)