Hussar officer's saber. Leather-covered handle with two brass buttons. Brass mounting. German-style single-branch hilt with two baguette-shaped tangs. Straight quillon. Beautiful flat-back curved blade with reduced thickness after the third, engraved, gilded and blued (remains), with decorations of charging hussars and flowered trophies. Signatures on the heel: "Berger fourbisseur rue petite boucherie". Chagrin-covered scabbard with four fittings decorated with weapons and later bolsters. Length: 94 cm A.B.E. Late 19th century manufacture, in the 18th century taste with period blade. Berger: merchant-furnisher in Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin) from 1750 to 1792.