Officer's saber, Poland, wz. 21/22

saber length in scabbard 937 mm, saber length 900 mm, head length 772 mm, head width at base 27 mm, back thickness at base 4.5 mm, saber weight 540 g, saber weight in scabbard 935 g

Hand closed, brass frame. Cross-barbed yoke, quadrilateral in cross-section, with oval-shaped whiskers. The rear arm ended with a volute coiled towards the head, the front arm, refracted at a right angle, forms a bow reaching the head and fused to the headstock. The cap is long, reaching the hilt, the upper part is attached to the headstock with a screw, the lower part is attached with a stick to a hole in the rear arm of the hilt. Under that shoulder the number "3" is stamped. On the outer side of the cross of the hilt engraved binded monogram "SJ". Wooden shaft, with nine transverse notches, veneered with black leather and laced with brass filigree. The blade is nickel-plated steel, with a slight curvature, profiled on both sides into a single dorsal groove, reaching a long, double-edged pen. The staff is symmetrical. The outer amphibian at the height of the pledge with etched decoration and a representation of a crowned eagle and the inscription "HONOR and DAY". On the inner sill, under the cap, a beaten signature "G. BOROWSKI." P o c h w a s steel, nickel-plated, with two riffles and a smooth neck locking the leaders. The neck is fixed in the scabbard sheath by a press fit. At the height of the pen, small indentations in the scabbard sheath. The spur is asymmetrical.
state of preservation: 4/4/4-