Hi Megn, welcome to our forum!
These Italian military swords are a bit on the esoteric side in the arms collecting world here in the States, and I wish I had my copy of Calemendrei on hand, as that is one of the only references describing these with any reliability.
For me, from all appearances this is an authentic latter 19th century Italian sabre, nice photos BTW. It looks as if the wood on the grip has been given some attention, but the discoloring on the treated metal surfaces seems OK. There seems to be genuine wear on the backstrap crosshatching, and the deeply stamped numbers suggest issue marks. Personally I am not aware of these military type swords of Italy being reproduced as they are certainly quite available in number if checking the right places. It does seem that Italian military swords do turn up occasonally and are promptly misidentified with other, usually earlier, European military forms.
Possibly there might be others out there familiar with these, but in the meantime, I will just place my observations and again, welcome you here.
All best regards,
Jim
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