Infantry arms officer's saber, France, wz 1855

saber length in scabbard 940 mm, saber length 870 mm, head length 730 mm, head width at base 29 mm, back thickness at base 9 mm, saber weight 850 g, saber weight in scabbard 1355 g

Hand closed, brass frame with decoration. Tailpiece of a sigmoid, shield, bail. The outer shield openworked. Shank of dark stock, obliquely fluted. Cap short, riveted with the shaft of the head. Head of steel, polished, with negligible curvature, profiled on both sides in a single furrow and a medial furrow. Both extend to a symmetrical hilt. The pen is double-edged. On the spine the inscription: "M. F. Chatellerault 1870". P o c h w a metal, collar fixed in the sheath with one rivet, two riffles with a movable collar on the back. Asymmetrical spur.
state of preservation 4/4/4