Cavalry officer's saber, England, circa 1800.

saber length in scabbard 991 mm, saber length 870 mm, head length 840 mm, head width at base 38 mm, back thickness at base 10 mm, saber weight 865 g, saber weight in scabbard 1625 g.

Hand closed, steel frame. Tailpiece straight, crossed, with half-tracks. Bow with a gap for a sling. Hood long, fixed in a ring at the hilt, top riveted with the headstock. Wooden shaft, cross-notched, wrapped in leather and laced with filigree. The steel hilt, polished, with considerable curvature, profiled on both sides into a single, reaching furrow on the hilt. Long, double-edged feather with a hammer. At the height of the pledge etchings on both sides: panoply and monograms, royal crown and inscription: "WOLLEY". P o c h w a s steel, two riffles, neck collar with half-square inlet. Asymmetrical spur.
state of preservation: 3+/4/4