Lt Col. John Gaspard Le Marchant

[Richard]

I an only imagine because the 1796 light cavalry sword was the real design revolution ; the 1796 heavy cavalry sword was pretty much a copy of the 1769 Austrian heavy cavalry sword and I am not sure if the 1796 heavy cavalry officers sword, i.e. the ladder hilt, was Le Marchant's design. It is an anomaly that when regulations said that officers and troopers should carry the same pattern of sword, the 1796 heavy cavalry officers and troopers are so different.

Richard

Originally Posted by Ian Knight

Richard,
I wonder why they presented Le Marchant with a light cavalry sabre and not an officer's heavy cavalry sabre?
Ian