Light cavalry sabre, Model 1816.

Brass mountings.
Guard with two guard arms connecting the guard arch (engraved numbers) and the guard plate, from which the teardrop-shaped quillon extends.
Oval pommel with skirt, wooden tang covered in filigree leather. Reeds-style blade with remnants of a Klingenthal signature, 1820, hollow-ground curve and back edge (Lobstein hallmark).
Steel scabbard with two straps.
France, Restoration period.
Total length 102.5 cm.

Expert: Alban Degrave