Further review on this very nice sabre suggests it is quite possibly a Hungarian sabre of the 1760's, while it may be Austrian...it is hard to say as Austro-Hungarian swords were closely diffused. These style hilts were as noted used by a number of countries in East Europe, and the form was influental in developing the British M1788 light cavalry sabres.
The key note on this sabre is the straight crossguard quillon, and the shape of the langet, which does correspond to Hungarian styles of this 1760's period and the iron scabbard with inserts of wood has the more ornate cutouts as seen on Austrian and Hungarian examples.
Best regards,
Jim
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