Cavalry officer's saber, Switzerland, circa 1900.

saber length in scabbard 986 mm, saber length 955 mm, head length 810 mm, head width at base 22.5 mm, back thickness at base 9 mm, saber weight 720 g, saber weight in scabbard 1175 g

Hand closed, steel frame, nickel-plated. Tailpiece sigmoidal, basket-shaped, perforated. In the rear arm two slots for a sling. The front arm arched, connected to the head. In the openwork bail a shield with a cross is incorporated. Wooden shaft, wrapped with imitation lizard skin, cross-notched and wrapped with brass filigree. A long cap fixed in a ring at the hilt, with the top riveted on the cap with the headstock. The blade is steel, polished, nickel-plated, with low curvature, "feathered". The amphibians are flat on both sides, wedge-shaped, the ridge in cross-section is circular, double-edged tongue with a boney point. The stich is symmetrical. On the outer amphibian, under the cap, the maker's signature "WAFFENFABR/NEUHAUS", surmounted by a cross in a circle. P o c h w a s steel, nickel-plated, one riffle with entablature and movable collar. Neck with profiled inlet fixed in the scabbard sheath by a screw. Asymmetrical spur.
state of preservation: 5/5/5
origin: Fischer auction house, Switzerland