Cavalry officer's saber, Austria, wz. 1850

saber length in scabbard 986 mm, saber length 958 mm, head length 815 mm, head width at base 25 mm, back thickness at base 8 mm, saber weight 670 g, saber weight in scabbard 1130 g.

Closed hilt, steel frame. Tailpiece sigmoid, basket-shaped, openwork, perforated and engraved floral motifs and a coat of arms shield with an equilateral cross. Rear arm with two slots for a sling, ending with a scrolled towards the head shaft. Wooden shaft, cross-notched and wire-wrapped. Long cap with additional thumb rest. The head of steel, polished, wedge-shaped in cross-section, with low curvature. Feather with bones, rounded back. On the inner lobe a beaten signature "Weyersberg/Solingen", on the outer one an isosceles cross. P o c h w a s steel, with two riffles with movable butt caps. Neck fixed in the sheath by a screw. Asymmetrical spur.
state of preservation: 4/4/4