SABRE FOR OFFICERS AND PROFESSORS M.1889

Austria-Hungary, around 1900
Slightly curved single-edged blade with a groove and a sharp tip. Marked on guard "WEYERSBERG KIRSCHBAUM & Co /SOLINGEN". Bronze fittings, small emblem of the Austro-Hungarian Empire on guard. Wooden handle covered with fish leather and wire. Metal scabbard covered with black leather, with two lockets and chape with floral decorations and initials "FJI", eyelets for hanging. Simple portepee in Austrian imperial colors (black-gold). Length of blade 74 cm. Total length 91 cm. Condition B/C. Blade with traces of corrosion and serrated..