Sabre of the departmental gendarmerie model 1817 , handle covered with basane with watermark. Brass mount. Short skirted cap decorated with a flaming grenade . Four-pointed guard and curved keel . Curved blade with round back, punched at the heel, counter cutting, gutter and hollow sections, engraved on both sides in "GENDARMERIE DEPT" cartridges . Iron sheet sheath with two bracelets and two rings. Iron stinger . A.B.E.