FRANCE, style Premier Empire, XXème siècle Modern copy of a cavalry officer's saber, type 1800. Brass hilt with straight cruise and curved quillon with nipple, single olive branch and pommel with melon ribs and short tail. Blackened, grooved and squared wooden spindle. Slightly curved, single-edged, flat-backed blade with two hollow sides and counter-edged tip, decorated with engraved trophies and leaves. Heel signed "I.G.E". With an old brass scabbard with two bracelets and two rings (too long). Blade length: 88 cm - Total length: 84.5 cm. Wear, scratches and knocks from use; some oxidation on the blade; sword slipping out of the scabbard (too wide).