Infantry sabre, French-pattern briquet, brass-coloured hilt, probably 1st half of the 19th century
Infantry sabre in briquet form after the French pattern. One-piece, brass-coloured hilt with simple knuckle bow, transversely ribbed grip with 36 ribs and short, recurved crossguard with button. Curved back-edged blade with broad fuller, completely painted over in black. Without scabbard. Condition commensurate with age, knuckle bow broken. L. 70 cm, blade length 57 cm.
The briquet was the short infantry sabre of the Napoleonic era; the form with one-piece brass hilt introduced in France with the models An IX and An XI was also carried and copied in the German states until well into the 19th century.
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