The Swedish sapper soldier 's cleaver of the 1848 model

The blade is steel, straight, single-edged, flat, without dales with a recess in the middle. On the heel of the blade on the right is the abbreviation "A & E. H." — the brand of the manufacturer. The hilt consists of a handle and a brass crosspiece. The handle is wooden, curved, painted black. The handle is fastened with two rivets, there is a hole in the pommel. There is a brass sleeve at the base of the handle. The crosspiece is short, flat with the ends bent in different directions. The scabbard is leather with a brass device consisting of a mouth with a fixed bracket and a tip with a ball. A number of cleavers of this type were transferred to the Swedish Royal Navy to supply boarding and amphibious teams, in connection with which such cleavers were branded with naval brands.

the item is in good collectible condition. Scuffs and traces of existence on the scabbard.