1842 Artillery Saber: History And Key Details

OFFICIAL ARTILLERY SABER AROUND 1842. Author: Vicente Toledo Momparler (sword expert)

Reference	4-1842-C
Name	SABER
Era	Artillery Officer
Period (c.E.)	around 1842
Guard	brass, with knuckle guard in a ring and three S-shaped quillons placed very low, ending or starting with a ball. French-style short quillon, pointed profile, laurel scalloped and with a prominent brimmed cap. Well-decorated ferrule. Noble wood grip well-wired with metal wire.
Blade	with a marked arrow shape, practically without fullers or grooves, with a ricasso and rounded spine on the first third and edge on the rest on the outside. Spine also rounded on the inside. Double-edged on the ricasso.
SCABBARD	leather, with gilded brass fittings.
Inscription	Fabrica N de Toledo Año de 1842
Overall Length	880 mm
Blade Length	749 mm
Blade Width	30 mm
Description	Focusing on the 19th century, this saber somehow filled the gap suffered by artillery officers until the arrival, in 1862, of their first official model, since the 1855 model, a cutlass, was assigned to the Horse Artillery Brigade.
Collection	Rafael Jordá Collection

1842 Artillery Saber: History and Key Details