FRANCE, fin du XIXème siècle ou première moitié du XXème siècle Composite saber modeled after the officer's saber of the 2nd Regiment of the First Empire mounted chasseurs. Basket hilt in silver-plated (?) copper, with one quillon and three cut-out branches, fixed by two screws or dovetail. Wooden spindle covered with basane and twisted wire. Short-tailed oval pommel with domed medallion. Slightly curved, single-edged blade with flat back, two hollow sides and two gutters, partially gilded and blued, inscribed on each side "Bonaparte Premier-Consul de la République française. 30 Thermidor an 10" or "2me régiment de chasseurs à cheval 1673". All-metal scabbard with iron interior, formerly blued, covered with a large brass lining with five braces, an iron cap engraved with fillets, brass pitons and rings, and an iron sting. Blade length: 88 cm - Total length: 106.5 cm. No maker's mark or name. Wear, scratches and knocks from use; a few spots of oxidation on the crevices and pink marks on the scabbard, and a screw missing behind the first strap; saber slipping from the scabbard.