FRANCE, en usage du Premier Empire à la fin du XIXème siècle Saber for line infantry sappers, Strong two-part gilt-bronze hilt: the crosspiece with two straight lion-headed quillons and a rectangular, double-sided knot decorated with the head of the Nemean lion, and the pommel with a rooster's head extending into the rectangular spindle with chamfered edges. Curved, single-edged blade with flat back and counter-edged tip. Unsigned. Blackened leather scabbard with two cut and decorated brass fittings, button cap. Blade length: 73.7 cm - Total length: cm. Wear, particularly to the gilding, scratches and knocks from use; old oxidation on the blade; white trace on the scabbard leather.