Original French Model 1822 Light Cavalry Saber Manufactured at Klingenthal - Circa 1850 Category_Lock Assembly and the sight nut

and the sight nut

and the large projecting lugs for the obsolete armor shield were eliminated

these are the REAL thing

These are sold in

which is what typically ruins a reproduction helmet

Original French Model 1822 Light Cavalry Saber Manufactured at Klingenthal - Circa 1850 Category_Lock Assembly and the sight nutOriginal Item: Only One Available. Sword making at Klingenthal was started under King Louis XV, the French having relied previously most heavily on the sword makers of Solingen in Germany. Klinganthal swords were supplied throughout the Wars with England after the Revolution and then through the Napoleonic Wars along with those of Chattelerault the other great sword making center in France. Unfortunately Klingenthal was in the Eastern area of France