Officer's saber model 1822 "Donné par le Roi". Handle covered in chagrin with filigree. Chased brass frame with gilded laurel leaves, three-point guard, stamped "MANCEAUX A PARIS" and stamped "LR" on the underside. Curved blade with flat back and hollow sides, stamped "B" with rings and "D" with laurel leaves, engraved on one side "Donné Par le Roi" (unusual spelling, probably commemorative engraving) and on the back "Manufre Rle de Klingenthal Juillet 1825". Iron plate scabbard stamped "MANCEAUX A PARIS" with two rings. B.E.