Roughly, 80cm long, slightly curved, drop forged steel construction, nickel/silver plated blade with narrow, shallow fuller running three quarters of the way up both sides of the blade. Superbly double engraved to a Cavalry unit. The saber has die langets, cross guard, ferrule, "P", knuckle bow, back-strap and "dove" pommel. The saber has a shark skin wrapped grip with a central bulge, and repeating, recessed horizontal grooves with dual twisted wire wrap flanked at both the top and bottom edges by a single, fine silver wire wrap. Original washer is in tact. The saber comes with its original, black painted, sheet metal construction scabbard. The scabbard has an integral drag to the bottom edge and a sweated on horizontal scabbard band near the top edge with a raised rectangular suspension bar to the reverse and a suspension ring to the reverse edge. Both of the small, dome headed throat retaining screws are intact. Included is a bullion portapee.