AN AUSTRIAN STIRRUP-HILTED HEAVY CAVALRY SWORD with straight single-edged hollow-ground blade (slightly pitted) etched on each face with the Imperial eagle, brass hilt comprising half-basket guard with two bars on the outside, inner thumb-ring, lion's head pommel and back-strap in one, and leather-covered wooden grip, in original leather-covered wooden scabbard (broken, slightly wormed) with brass mounts, late 18th Century