Africanised Sabre..any ideas as to the blade ?

[Dmitry]

Originally Posted by katana

Dmitry, please, would you have any details of the sword pictured in your last post ?

I have just acquired it and haven't received it yet.
From the photo alone I would tentatively attribute it as British officer's hanger ca.1800-1820, perhaps naval, but not positively so. The lion mask langets are not a definitive naval characteristic. I'll report back once I have a good look at it.

I've been meaning to ask - your blade is of a very strange color. What happened with it?