My Christmas sword, Mameluk of the Imperial Guard

[Belgian1]

Originally Posted by fernando

Fabrice, no Armagnac here but, certainly a coincidence, as you may see HERE my alternative Christmas gift; after i returned the previous one on grounds of being a fake .
... Hoping this one isn't .

Good evening Fernando,
I am sorry for your sword which indeed seems to be a reproduction. It seems that I had more luck with my Christmas present because it is an authentic Mameluke officer saber of the Imperial Guard. Without any possibility of error. it must be said that it is excessively rare with the scabbard of Mamelouk origin and not of French type manufacture.
I was lucky, because I never imagined to hold in hand "such a legend".
Look at the location of the two rings of suspensions, for they are specially placed for the wearing of the Mameluke sword, and not as for the French officers who made him hang by the rings distant along the scabbard. While the Ottoman Mamelukes incorporated into the Imperial Guard carried their sabers in the belt and the 2 parallel rings were used to pass the cord that wrapped around the sheath. (as in my Saif's photo.)

Happy new year from Belgium :-)