19th century sword or fake?

[kronckew]

a lot of late 19c UK cavalry swords had the double rings like that, here's a 1885 yeomanry one with them. they were mostly used on straight bladed swords tho. the op's sword doesn't fit the typical british styles of the time. the blade looks a bit narrow, as they tended to get later in the century as pistols and revolvers became the first choice. even the USA patton sabre used the opposed dual ring method.

like already said, the french favoured this style hilt as well as the usa. i personally don't like it. officers of the time were prone to do their own thing tho. even i was allowed to carry a 9mm browning hi-power in lieu of the then issue 1911 colt .45 acp. when i went on landings /boardings requiring arms. (if we really expected opposition i would have carried an accurised .45acp colt 1911 series 70 mkIV and a few more mags, and an m16)