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Post by toros on Mar 14, 2024 21:01:32 GMT
Good evening, What do you think of this sabre, undoubtedly French, but what period? What type? What unit? Greetings Toros |
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Post by bas on Mar 14, 2024 22:38:24 GMT
Lovely sabre, it looks like it has a pattern welded blade which, along with the scabbard dates it as the later part of the Restoration era.
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Post by eman on Sept 24, 2024 16:00:06 GMT
looks like the sword of a light cavalry's officer, An XI (1802-1803)
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Post by ilvalto on Sept 26, 2024 22:05:43 GMT
Definitely the style of a french an xi..the marking on the spine and the end pommel tho look a bit odd tho..modern copy? Or issued from another country?
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Post by madirish on Sept 26, 2024 23:45:49 GMT
The writing on the spine is French....5th Hussars
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Post by madirish on Sept 26, 2024 23:48:25 GMT
Definitely the style of a french an xi..the marking on the spine and the end pommel tho look a bit odd tho..modern copy? Or issued from another country? The writing on the spine is French....5th Hussars. Whether it is authentic or not, I can't say, but I've not seen a unit name on the spine of a sword of this age before. |
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Post by ilvalto on Sept 27, 2024 21:34:50 GMT
..what smells fishy, for me is: - the grip is too "straight" - i.e. it seems to be a straight line from the spine of the blade...all the models I have seen seem to have the end of the grip towards the pommel ![]() kinda "bending downwards"..not too sure how to say in words, but see picture attached - the scabbard..all pictures I have seen of original have those golden bars on the scabbard a fair bit thicker... ...and yes - I have never seen a unit name etched on the spine of the blade like that (and especially not in gold) ![]() Attachments:
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