FRANCE, First Empire (1804-1815) Officer's sword. Bronze and brass hilt, with a sinuous leafy branch with snake head and clawed paw on ball, a quillon with dog head and short-tailed skullcap adorned with a laurel wreath or Greek warrior profile in a box, and pommel with leafy cross and laurel torus. Asymmetrical shield-shaped keyboard decorated with a military trophy. Squared and molded ebony spindle. Replacement SOLINGHEN blade with triangular cross-section and hollow sides, decorated with gilded trophies on a blued background in the first third. Cartouches on the heel, one marked "Ve A.K & F" [Widow of Abraham KNECHT (1735-1770) & Fils]. Black leather scabbard with brass cap, underlined with fillets, and palmette escutcheon knob. Blade length: 75.5 cm - Total length: 89.5 cm. As is; scabbard cracked, broken in two, missing bolt.