Saber, Switzerland, 1775

saber length 745 mm, blade length 615 mm, blade width at base 43.5 mm, back thickness at base 11 mm, saber weight 700 g

Hand closed, brass frame. The hilt is straight, shield-shaped. The hilt expands towards the head and connects to the headstock. Wooden handle, cross-notched, wrapped in black leather and braided with brass wire. A long cap fixed in a ring at the hilt, top riveted on the head with a washer with the headstock. Head of steel, polished, solid, with moderate curvature, profiled on both sides in one wide furrow reaching the hilt. Pen with marked hammer - double-edged. Stich in the line of the ridge. Both sides of the amphibian at the height of the pledge decorated with deep etchings - on the outer side: a panoply at the base, above it a cross topped with a floral vise, on the inner side: at the base an inscription: "VIVE/LE/ROI", above a representation of an eagle with a cross on its chest and the whole topped with a crown.
state of preservation: 4+/4+
provenance: auction house Fischer, Switzerland, auction 2011, item 1008