Italian made French M 1801 (AN XI) HC troopers sword by BARISONI

Italian made French M 1801 Heavy Cavalry (HC) troopers sword. Excellent heavy and long double fullered blade with a correct spear point. Blade spine with the Italian makers name:  BARISONI Left ricasso is marked C in a circle. Intact leather washer. Excellent brass M 1816 hilt with a brass pommel a knuckle bar and three brass side bars.
The guard facing the blade shows another inspection marking: C (?) in a circle. Excellent wooden grip covered with dark brown leather and an intact brass wire winding. 
The left side of the knuckle bar is marked with French inspector markings: F in a circle, 37 in an oval, Star over β in an circle, Z and serial number: 549 
Excellent+ bright finished steel scabbard with two loose hanging rings and lyre shape drag. Throat with a crisp French inspection marking: B in an oval. No dents to the scabbard.

On March 17th. 1805 Napoleon Bonaparte annexed a Kingdom, known as the Kingdom of Northern Italy. This "Kingdom" only survived until Napoleon's downfall in 1814 when Northern Italy was annexed to the Austrian Empire.
During his Kingdom, Napoleon commissioned the Italian arms makers to manufacture swords according to French specification. Milan's  sword maker, BARISONI, made this classic double fullered French Cuirassier Sword. 

This particular sword started life circa 1810 and was mounted in the regulation hilt of the period. This hilt was abandoned in 1816. Today it has the later 1816 pattern brass hilt assembly, however, the blade certainly predates 1814 and must have seen service during the First Empire.

Total length: 112 cm. Width at the ricasso:  3.4 cm. Total weight incl. scabbard: 2.1 kg! 

A very rare and impressive French Italian HC sword.