This NAPOLEONIC SABRE (original copy) was manufactured for the theatre use, collection or show purposes. Like the original the sword is 79 cm / 31.1 long (including the sheath). Blade length: 61 cm / 24. Weight: 1.4 kg / 3.0 lbs The steel blade has a blunt edge, 1mm / 0.03 thick. This model was the prototype for identical Prussian sabres; several other countries copied it too - partly from war of liberation booty.
Napoleon was said to have opened a bottle of champagne with his infantry sabre after having won a battle in 1812. This art was afterwards celebrated in aristocratic circles as sabrage. Today the old tradition finds many new followers. Import.