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Post by reeceyj on Oct 22, 2024 8:24:47 GMT
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Post by mrstabby on Oct 22, 2024 9:50:27 GMT
At least the welds doesn't feel right for 19th century. Looks like no markings at all, making it suspect. Also it looks like someone with a belt sander assaulted it.
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Post by pellius on Oct 22, 2024 13:01:51 GMT
Pretty sure French sabers of the era had brass hilt components.
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Post by mrstabby on Oct 22, 2024 13:30:28 GMT
Pretty sure French sabers of the era had brass hilt components. Wanted to say the same thing, but I am no wa an expert in sabers. There surely were steel hillts, but the welds on this one don't look forge welded which would be the only way or welding they had back then.
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Post by bas on Oct 22, 2024 21:12:21 GMT
On the surface of it, it looks like someone had a go at making a French An XIII heavy cavalry sword. However the blade is wrong, and as Pellius pointed out, the French normally use brass for their hilts. There are examples of steel hilted French swords but this isn't one of them. If it is French issued, there should also be controller markings on the hilt and blade.
Another option is that it's of Central or Latin American origin, I've seen a lot of interesting swords from that region that have a 'garage workshop' look to them.
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Post by maxdchouinard on Nov 1, 2024 12:42:18 GMT
What you have there is a bit of a mystery in the French collecting world. This sabre has long been attributed to the French gendarmes, but there is really no credible element to support this theory. One sword has a blade marked to the Kingdom of Sardinia, so this may be the origin. Either way, it looks like the blade of yours was shortened, but everything else looks to be original. Here's a thread form Passion Militaria discussing it. www.passionmilitaria.com/t220472-sabre-de-gendarmerie-d-armee-m-an-ix |
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