SOUVENIRS. Light cavalry sabre model 1883 with brass 3-point hilt hallmarked and stamped "48347", basane-covered wooden spindle with watermark, straight T-shaped blade with hollow sides and channel signed by the Châtellerault factory, dated 1885, iron scabbard with one ring with the same number. L: 103 cm, blade: 87 cm. ABE This sabre belonged to Apollinaire LÉPISSIER, mounted policeman and father of battalion commander LÉPISSIER.