Saber of an Austrian (Galician) government official, in scabbard

steel, brass, wood, leather; length of saber in scabbard 83 cm; length of saber without scabbard 80 cm;
on the sill (at the base of the head) a beaten signature of the manufacturer CARL EICKHORN / SOLINGEN;
on the other side: S. PIELECKI / LWÓW (partially obliterated) - signature of Stefan Pielecki's trade depot, who was a middleman in the trade of, among other weapons.
Lviv, wz 1889.
Steel head, with drawn armor on both sides. Basket hilt, brass, openwork, with the coat of arms of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and floral motifs. Closed handle, brass binding. Wooden shaft, cross-notched, veneered with so-called lizard. Metal scabbard, trimmed with black leather. Neck ferrule, wide riffle with braycar and scabbard viscus - from brass sheet decoratively embossed.
Preservation condition: a dent on the scabbard, pitting all over, rubbing of the leather on the handle.