Is this Assam Rifles sword based on a European design?

Jim McDougall · 13th February 2016, 05:57 PM

[QUOTE=Andreas]The French also had a colony near Assam, Chandernagore (today Chandannagar)
in West Bengal.
Andreas[/QUOTe

Thank you Andreas! That is what I was looking for, but all the French colonial activity I could find in India was down further in Pondicherry etc.
The much nearer geographic location with this brings greater plausibility to the association between French arms and this unit.

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13th February 2016, 05:57 PM	#13
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,680	[QUOTE=Andreas]The French also had a colony near Assam, Chandernagore (today Chandannagar) in West Bengal. Andreas[/QUOTe Thank you Andreas! That is what I was looking for, but all the French colonial activity I could find in India was down further in Pondicherry etc. The much nearer geographic location with this brings greater plausibility to the association between French arms and this unit.