Light cavalry sabre, Model 1816.

Brass mountings.
Guard with two guard branches 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, 1821, curved with hollow sides and a counter-edge (Lobestein hallmark).
Steel scabbard with two straps.
France, Restoration period.
Total length: 102.5 cm.

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