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Old 8th June 2021, 02:22 PM   #25
Jim McDougall
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Originally Posted by M ELEY View Post
Just chiming in with everyone else that this is a spadrron-type, European/probably UK. I post this one only to show the folding back guard (yours appears to be missing) on the m1786 pattern. I think the issue with these types is similar to NCO swords. There appears to be room for variation depending on branch, rank, specialty, etc.



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Capn, thank you for noticing this!!!! I totally missed the fixtures for that which is obviously missing. bonk!
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