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midelburgo · 31st May 2021, 02:50 PM

I have one of those things. The blade looks like coming from a 1600 ritterschwert. Patton was at Sweden in 1912 for the Summer Olympics, so the similitude to Swedish 1893 could be more than casual.

I think I read somewhere of the sword being used in the 1914 Veracruz campaign.

The basket seems more intended to protect the hand from hitting something in the cutting arc than from an enemy weapon.

31st May 2021, 02:50 PM	#9
midelburgo Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 263	I have one of those things. The blade looks like coming from a 1600 ritterschwert. Patton was at Sweden in 1912 for the Summer Olympics, so the similitude to Swedish 1893 could be more than casual. I think I read somewhere of the sword being used in the 1914 Veracruz campaign. The basket seems more intended to protect the hand from hitting something in the cutting arc than from an enemy weapon.