Cavalry officer's saber, AN IX, a'la Chasseur

saber length in scabbard 982 mm, saber length 927 mm, blade length 797 mm, blade width at base 27.5 mm, back thickness at base 9 mm, saber weight 865 g, saber weight in scabbard 1480 g

Hand closed, brass binding. A sigmoidal, three-barreled hilt, with elliptical whiskers. Wooden shaft, cross-notched, covered with leather. No braiding. The cap is long, with the bottom fixed with a wedge at the hilt, with the top riveted on an oval pad with the shaft of the head. The steel hilt, polished, of moderate curvature, profiled on both sides in a single furrow reaching a long, double-edged feather. The butt of the hilt. On the inner sill the signature "BALP". P o c h w a s steel, two brass riffles with wide rings. Neck fixed in the scabbard sheath by a screw. Asymmetrical spur.
state of preservation: 4-/4/4