Infantry officer's saber, Austria, wz. 1861

saber length in scabbard 955 mm, saber length 937 mm, head length 795 mm, head width at base 27 mm, back thickness at base 7 mm, saber weight 615 g, saber weight in scabbard 1070 g.

Hand closed, steel frame. Shield-scabbarded yoke. The rear arm of the hilt curled towards the head in a volute with two slots for a sling. Wooden shaft, cross-notched, covered with black leather. The cap is long, attached by a ring at the hilt, with a bolt to the shaft from the top. Steel butt, polished, nickel-plated, with a slight curvature. Profiled on both sides into a single adventitious groove, reaching a long, double-edged feather with a burr. The hilt is symmetrical. P o c h w a steel, polished, with two riffles, ending in an asymmetrical spur. The upper riffle without a collar with a horizontal catch on the inside, the lower one with a fixed collar on the back. Neck fixed in the mantle by a press fit. Mantle with three small dents.
state of preservation: 3/3-/3