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Naval officer's saber type 1800. Checkered ebony...

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Naval officer's saber type 1800. Checkered ebony handle, brass mount, one-pronged guard and two shuttle-like pommels, curved quillon, flat-backed curved blade, counter-edge and hollow sides, engraved on one side with a three-masted ship, Neptune and a radiating sun with the numeral "N" surmounted by a renown, on the other side with military attributes of a seascape, clouds and an engraved coat of arms "N: E:de F:" (Napoleon Emperor of the French) surmounted by a cherub. Metal scabbard with brass bowl and two suspension rings. A.B.E. Scabbard not to the model. A remnant of a horse hunters saber with cut quillon and shortened blade is attached. In the state.