Officer's saber of the "marins de la garde" type. Leather-covered handle with brass thread. Gilt brass mounting, cap decorated with laurel friezes and short skirt decorated with palmettes. Hilt with one hollowed-out branch and shield-shaped auricles, one engraved on the obverse with a fouled anchor. Curved quillon ending in a ball bearing a "DUC" hallmark. Curved blade with rounded back and counter-edge, engraved on both sides with a cartouche marked "Garde impériale" and anchors. Leather scabbard with two gilded brass fittings, engraved with laurel friezes and asymmetrical brass art. Length: 87 cm A.B.E. First Empire period blade. Posterior mounting.