Cavalry officer's saber called "battle guard". Handle covered with basane with watermark. Brass mounting. Guard with one branch, four half-branches and shell with days; counterguard with shell. Straight, flat-backed blade with counter-edge and double hollow sides, with point in the extension of the back, engraved in thirds and stamped "N" on the heel. Leather scabbard with three brass trimmings, engraved with the line, a button and two rings. Length of the blade: 93 cm .