French Heavy Cavalry (HC) troopers sword M 1801. AN XI / AN XIII by Klingenthal June 1812

French Heavy Cavalry (HC) troopers sword M 1801.  AN XI. ( AN XIII.) Excellent++ straight double fullered blade with a correct spear point. Right ricasso is stamped with three hard to read inspection markings. One is: Star over K in an oval. (= Inspector J. Krantz 1812) Blade spine is crisp French maker marked: Mf" ture Imp.'ale Du Klingenthal Juin 1812.( =Made at the Imperial Arsenal of Klingenthal- Alsac in June 1812)  Intact leather washer. Excellent brass hilt with a brass knuckle guard, 3 side bars and a brass pommel.  Side bars are marked: B in an oval (= J.G. Bick 1809) and Star over M (= C. Marion 1808). The excellent 12 ribs round wooden grip is covered with intact black horse leather and an intact twisted brass wire winding. Brass ferrule. 
Excellent- all steel, bright finished straight scabbard with two loose hanging rings. No dents but user spurs and three small patches of pitting only . The drag is marked: 2 in an oval. Also the band of the top loose hanging ring shows two French inspection markings: Star over L in an oval. (= F. L. Lobstein 1804)

Length of the sword: 112,5 cm. Width at the ricasso: 3,5 cm. Weight incl. scabbard: Ca. 2.4 Kg!

Very impressive and very heavy French Napoleonic era HC troopers sword. These swords were made in Klingenthal and supplied to Napoleon Bonaparte Grande Armee and used on the battle field of Waterloo! 
These sword served a very long time. In 1816 many were modified by replacing the hilt by a lighter version.

Absolutely genuine example.! Not a copy.