PRUSSIAN OFFICER'S SABER, PARADE, LATE XIXTH CENTURY.

length of saber in scabbard 980 mm, length of saber 963 mm, length of head 835 mm, width of head at base 19 mm, thickness of back at base 5 mm, weight of saber 610 g, weight of saber in scabbard 980 g

Hand closed, brass binding, gilded. Cross-barbed yoke with oval-shaped half-braces. The rear arm ended with a small lion's head bent towards the headstock. In the front part, the arm bent at a right angle forms a half-sheath shaped bail, attached to a clip under the head. The shaft of black stock, bulged in the middle, transversely notched and entwined with two smooth and doubly twisted brass wires. The bottom is fixed in the ring, the top is a hood riveted with the pin of the head. The hood in the shape of a lion's head transitions into an apron with cheeks, captured together with the shaft by a ring at the hilt. Gilded parts of the handle richly decorated. The steel hilt, polished, nickel-plated, with a slight curvature. Profiled on both sides in a single medial groove, reaching a long, double-edged feather. The staff is symmetrical. On both lobes etched rich decoration. On the inner sill stamped manufacturer's mark in an oval "PAUL WEYERSBERG&CO SOLINGEN". Steel trunk, painted black. One riffle with an inner entablature and a movable collar on the back. Neck fixed in the scabbard sheath with two screws. Asymmetrical spur.
state of preservation 4/4/4