German (Prussian) M 1811 Heavy Cavalry troopers "Blucher "sword. Unit marked to the Cavalry Guard Staff of the 17th Army Corps.

German (Prussian) Heavy Cavalry troopers sword M 1811. Superb curved fullered bright finished heavy blade. Intact leather washer. Blade spine is Arsenal numbered: 789 Excellent bright finished steel hilt with stirrup hand guard and forward swept quillon. Crossguard is unit marked C.St. XVII (= Kavallerie-Stabswache des XVII Armee Korps. = Cavalry Guard Staff of the 17th. Army Corps) and the arsenal number: 789 II 1.  Excellent ribbed wooden grip with 16 ribs, covered with black horse leather. Sword knot slit in top of the very heavy steel stirrup hand guard. Back of the hilt with ears and a steel pin. Steel crossguard with langets on both sides.
Excellent all steel scabbard with a Matching unit marking:  C.St. XVII.  Other older unit marks (Dragoon?) are punched out. Two loose hanging rings. First band is marked with a matching arsenal number: 789 II 1.  Peppering but no serious dents.
Length: 97 cm. Width at the ricasso: 3,9 cm.

Very impressive and heavy German (Napoleonic era) troopers sword. These swords were adopted by the Prussian Heavy Cavalry in 1814 and are very similar, almost identical to the English pattern M 1896 Light Cavalry troopers sword, but are more heavy and sturdier. This feared sword became known as "The Blucher sword" named to the popular German Fieldmarshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher after the Battle of Leipzig in 1813 against the army of the French empire Napoleon Bonaparte. These swords were also used during the final battle on the battle field of Waterloo in 1815 and were carried by the Prussian Hussars, Dragoons, Lancers and Horse artillery! 
The M 1811 HC troopers sword was adopted in 1814 and replaced in 1848.

An important sword with a great history in an Excellent condition!