Infantry officer's saber, Austria, 19th century.

saber length in scabbard 875 mm, saber length 835 mm, head length 707 mm, head width at base 27 mm, back thickness at base 7 mm, saber weight 650 g, saber weight in scabbard 1065 g.

Hand closed, white metal frame. Shield-sheath hilt, with the rear arm curled into a volute towards the head. The front arm arched, connected to the headstock. The outer sides of the hilt and bow are grooved longitudinally. In the front part of the hilt a slot for a sling. Wooden shaft, diagonally notched, wrapped with imitation lizard skin and braided with steel filigree and two wires. A long, chamfered cap set in a ring at the hilt, with the top riveted on a rosette-shaped shank with the headstock. The blade is polished steel, with negligible curvature. Profiled on both sides in a single groove. Bare-bone double-edged blade, symmetrical hilt. On the outer sill a beaten signature "Clemen & Jung". P o c h w a s steel, oxidized, with two riffles and movable butt caps. Collar with thickened neck fixed in the scabbard sheath by a screw. Asymmetrical spur.
state of preservation 4/4/4