Light cavalry officer's sword. Leather-covered hilt with watermark. Brass frame decorated with line decoration, single-branch hilt, straight quillon and mumps. Curved Solingen blade signed I.S.S.B. with flat back, hollow sides, engraved, gilded and blued in the third (wear). Scabbard in plain brass, with two faceted studs. Iron stinger. A.B.E. (small blows) Early 19th century.