Mounted artilleryman’s sabre, 1829 model.

Bronze mount.
Oval, chiselled pommel with a skirt; crossguard (numerous numbers crossed out); quillon extending in a teardrop shape.
Wooden tang covered in filigree leather.
Curved, hollow-edged blade from the Royal Manufactory of Châtellerault, 1834.
Iron scabbard with two bands and suspension rings; chape missing.
France, mid-19th century.
Total length: 94.5 cm.

Expert: Alban Degrave