Discover The Light Cavalry Sabre Of 1803

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SABER. Author: Vicente Toledo Momparler (sword expert)

Reference	4-1803-E
Name	Light Cavalry Officer
Era	1803
Guard	stirrup-style, Hungarian, in gilded brass with the classic architecture of these sabers; full backstrap, simple ring in double curvature, knuckle guard ending in a circle and slightly turned towards the blade, large guides for the scabbard in the shape of a small shield.
Blade	Curved, with a deep hollow grind. Cutting edge on the outside and, on the inside, a square spine in the first two-thirds and cutting edge in the rest.
Scabbard	gilded brass with two fittings and their corresponding rings. Large sized tip.
Inscription	RL FAÐ TOLEDO (on the spine)
Description	Sleek, robust, and lightweight saber, contemporary with other examples featuring two and three quillons. It is part of the wide variety of sabers of this type that Spanish officers employed between 1803 and 1860.
Colonel Cavalry Line Salary	2,700 reales de vellón
Colonel Light Cavalry Salary	3,000 reales de vellón
Total Length	900 mm
Blade Length	785 mm
Blade Width	35 mm

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