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10th February 2023, 03:06 PM
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Flank Officer Sword
Great information - Thanks!
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22nd February 2023, 09:29 PM
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additional sabers or cutlasses
Hey Guys: here are photos of two similar sabers in my collection. I purchased them years ago thinking they were Royal Navy. Now I am not so sure...are these Flank Officer swords? Thanks...
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23rd February 2023, 07:38 PM
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The bottom one is definitely the 1803 pattern flank officers sabre.
The top one is a non regulation (or possibly regimental pattern) sabre it could be a pre 1803 infantry officer, or a light cavalry dress sabre from between 1796 and 1820ish. It could also be naval or yeomanry from the same period. Without provenance or identifying marks there is no way to tell. Robert |
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23rd February 2023, 10:23 PM
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Nice sabres SwordLover.
Would it be possible to get a close-up of the markings on the ivory-gripped one? |
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25th February 2023, 11:15 PM
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English saber
Here are close-up photos of the marks on both sides of the blade. No other markings...
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1st March 2023, 08:49 AM
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Thank you for the photos of the curious markings.
It is unusual, but not unheard of to see stamps like these on private purchase swords. Almost like a trooper blade was used. But the profile and length is wrong for a 1796 LC and I can think of no other regulation sabres that the blade could have come from. |
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1st March 2023, 03:43 PM
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Perhaps it was made in India as a copy...
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