SECOND EMPIRE. Officer's sword. Gilt bronze guard with one branch and a quillon, decorated with lightning bolts and laurel leaves. Dark gadrooned horn fuse, pommel with eagle, cartouche (blank) and rosette. Keyboard with eagle on a background of flags. Plain counter-keyboard, on ball-and-socket joint. Straight two-edged blade with four central gutters. Black patent leather scabbard with brass fittings. Blade length: 81.5 cm - Total length: 99 cm. Small oxidation; rocket splinters, without watermark; gilding wear; damaged three-piece scabbard, with remnants of label.