Officer’s sabre of the Mounted Chasseurs, 1792 model.

Brass mountings.
Long-tailed pommel decorated with line work.
Flat, right-angled crossguard, diamond-shaped crosspiece decorated with line work, and straight quillon.
Wooden tang with bevelled edges covered in filigree brass (damage).
Curved blade with hollow edges.
Sheath with wooden core, two wide slits in blackened leather, three brass fittings and reinforcing straps.
Two suspension rings.
France, c. 1792.
Total length: 95 cm

Expert: Alban Degrave