PRUSSIAN SABER OF PRIVATES RIDING ARMS WZ 1811

saber length in scabbard 993 mm, saber length 942 mm, head length 809 mm, head width at base 37 mm, back thickness at base 10 mm, saber weight 1020 g, saber weight in scabbard 1970 g

Hand closed, iron frame. Straight, cross-barbed yoke, with oval-shaped half-tracks. The rear arm curled in a teardrop towards the head, the front arm, bent at right angles, forms a half-sling-shaped bail, with a slit for tying the sling. Wooden shaft, bulged in the middle part, curiously notched and covered with black leather. The bottom along with the hood fixed in the ring, the top of the hood riveted with a pin. The cheeks of the hood forged with a transverse rivet. On the inner cross of the hilt the military numerals "A.M. XVII.1.89" are stamped. The hilt of polished steel, with considerable curvature. Profiled on both sides in one wide furrow, reaching the double-edged pen. The hilt in the line of the ridge. On the spine, under the cap, the military numerator "742". P o c h w a s iron, with two riffles with movable buttresses on the flat back. The neck fixed in the scabbard sheath with two screws.
state of preservation 3/2-/2-.