FRANCE, Light Cavalry officer saber (composite) Blackened wood spindle with watermarks. Brass guard with four branches, three of which are bolted. Short cap with bead, decorated with laurel leaves, and brass ferrule, chiseled with friezes of palmettes and laurel. Curved blade with hollow sides, one cutting edge and one gutter, and flat back engraved "KLINGENTHAL 1834". Scabbard, badly adapted, in black patent leather sewn with three trimmings out of cut brass, underlined of nets, with two rings, and with the openwork sting with decoration of a snake and a flower. Original fancy saber made for an officer in the 19th century. Blade length : 76.5 cm - Length. Total: 93 cm approximately. Cracks and chips to the spindle; small shocks to the frame and the blade, scratched and repolished; scabbard leather in poor condition, shocks to the fittings, missing bowl.