Dutch Cavalry Cadet Officer's sword M 1876 by A. H. KOORENBLIK- HAARLEM. (JP Page 89-145)

"Nederlands Cavalerie Cadettensabel M 1876. Lange sabel No.2./ Dutch Cavalry Cadet officers sword M 1876. No.2. Excellent+ curved bright finished fullered heavy blade. Intact leather washer. German makers trademark: Knight helmet (= C. R. Kirschbaum- Solingen) on the ricasso. Very rare Dutch retailers name and residence: A. H. KOORENBLIK over HAARLEM in a scroll on the left blade side and the Dutch proof mark YZERHOUER in a scroll on the reverse side. 
Excellent+ blued steel, more short than a standard hilt and a blued steel handguard with knuckle bow, three side bars and a forward swept quillon. 
Excellent+ wooden grip, covered with ray skin and a double twisted silver wire winding. 
Excellent blued steel scabbard with a single loose hanging ring. A single small dent near the draft only. 

Total length: 96,5 cm. Length of the hilt: 12,8 cm. (Normal length ca. 14 cm.) Width at the ricasso: 2,4 cm!. 

This Dutch M 1876 cavalry cadet officers sword was made before WWI and officially blued at the outbreak of WWII.
A.C. KOORENBLIK of Haarlem is a very rare retailer. Cadet officers swords are not common.