Infantry officer's sword, Western Europe, 18th century.

Spade length 904 mm, blade length 745 mm, blade width at base 20 mm, spade weight 635 g

Hand closed, brass frame. Straight-sided yoke, with front and rear decorative moustache, connected to the shield. The front arm of the hilt, arched, forms a bail reaching the head and connected to the headstock. The shaft is oval, spun in the middle part, ending in a spherical head riveted with the headstock. The outer side of the hilt shield and its shoulders, the bail, the shaft and the spherical head decorated with shallow relief, consisting of pincer elements, shells, volutes and cocked crests. Polished steel head, at the height of the bail in lenticular section, above in hexagonal section. On both sides, at the height of the crockery, etched decoration in the form of stylized acanthus leaves.
state of preservation: 5/3