FRANCE, fin du XVIIIème siècle, Ancien régime ou époque révolutionnaire Strong hussar officer's saber. Hungarian-style molded brass hilt, with one branch, a ball quillon with curved nipple, and a long-tailed cap. Diamond-shaped mounts. Wooden spindle covered with blackened leather. Curved, single-edged blade with flat back and two hollow sides, partially engraved with crescent moons, star suns, turbaned men, trophy, Hungarian letters (?) and gilded numerals on a blued background. Large scabbard with two brown leather hollows, and three fittings, decorated with fan-shaped gadroons and foliate motifs, and brass lugs, and two rings. Blade length: 75.8 cm - Blade width at heel: 4 cm - Total length: 88.8 cm. Wear, scratches and knocks from use; small crack at the tang exit in the cap; cracks in the fuse leather; traces of oxidation on the blade, probably partially repolished; a few holes and small chips in the scabbard leather.