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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2011 2:18:21 GMT
When my father passed away, I got two swords from his small collection. One of them was an indo-persian tulwar in good shape, although the original wood+leather sheath was beyond rescue. The other sword is what puzzles me: my father used to say it came from India, but that is all I know about it. The sword has a 6" handle, plus a 19" blade, for a total lenght of 25". The handle is bronze, with a 4" wide hilt. On one side of the hilt is an engraved number (383). on the opposite side, close to the hilt, the blade has an engraved inscription with a date that could be 1832, plus and arched word on top. The word's first two characters are not fully readable... it seems to be "??IBBATT". I would greatly appreciate any help in identifying the possible name/type and origin of this sword. Attachments:
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Post by Elheru Aran on Sept 19, 2011 2:33:46 GMT
It seems to be a knockoff of the French briquet design, also known as 'cabbage chopper'. These were fairly common utility machete-like items in many European armies and were on occasion used in the American militaries (Union and Confederate States). It may be that this was issued to an Indian regiment at some point; however, without more provenance we really can't say too much.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2011 1:15:23 GMT
Hello all,
Did some more research following Elheru Aran's reply, and voila! ...problem solved. The sword I have is indeed a coupe-choux, stamped by Thiebalt sword cutters in 1832. Although quite similar to the US-issued USM1832 (which was indeed a knock-off of the french sword), my sword lacks some of the USM1832 identifying points, but meets each and every one of the French M1831 coupe-choux issued to the artillery infantry in France.
Cheers!!
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