Light cavalry officer’s sabre, Year XI model. 

Brass hilt with a hunter’s crossguard, featuring two guard arms connecting the crossguard arch.
The arms are decorated with line engraving, and the crossguard is almond-shaped.
The quillon is curved and teardrop-shaped.
Oval pommel with a long tail, wooden tang covered in filigree leather. Solingen blade, curved with hollow edges and a counter-cut edge, engraved, gilded and blued to one-third.
Steel scabbard with two brass bands.
France, First Empire period.
Total length: 97.5 cm.

Expert: Alban Degrave