Pleeze help with ID...French 1817 Artillerie a Pied?

celtan · 12th May 2009, 08:09 PM

We are probably all familiar with the french M1816 Briquet, and with the M1831, later copied by the US.

The following seems to be a French M1831 blade set in a romanesque hilt, but it sports two ricasso 's inscriptions, one from the Manufacture Royale de Klingenthal, and the other stating its manufacture in Octobre de 1817.

Firts one I have ever seen. Its old museum tag IDed same as a French Artillerie a pied.

Any comments?

Best

Manuel Luis

12th May 2009, 08:09 PM	#1
celtan Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: PR, USA Posts: 679	Pleeze help with ID...French 1817 Artillerie a Pied? We are probably all familiar with the french M1816 Briquet, and with the M1831, later copied by the US. The following seems to be a French M1831 blade set in a romanesque hilt, but it sports two ricasso 's inscriptions, one from the Manufacture Royale de Klingenthal, and the other stating its manufacture in Octobre de 1817. Firts one I have ever seen. Its old museum tag IDed same as a French Artillerie a pied. Any comments? Best Manuel Luis