Ethiopian sword/spanish blade

Jim McDougall · 18th March 2019, 09:02 PM

Interesting attempt at script on this one, an amalgam of in Solingen then in Alemania (=same thing) then Fabrica etc.
This is a M1796 British cavalry blade with spurious inscription which seems odd as this would hardly pass as legitimate.

As always as well noted by Martin......the anomalies in blades mounted in these Ethiopian gurades much as throughout Red Sea entrepots are infinite. This extends to so many ethnographic cultural situations.

These M1796 blades, while typically marked on the back of the blade with makers name, seem to have been produced in volume as 'blanks' in some cases.

MForde · 19th March 2019, 11:03 AM

The fuller and curve don't quite fit the 1796 troopers' sabre so perhaps it was an officer's 'fighting' version, devoid of decoration. Certainly, very similar and quite possibly mid-Victorian.

midelburgo · 19th March 2019, 12:27 PM

Spain used a lot of 1796 after 1808, either passed by the British or purchased by many patriotic corporations.

I do not see why it should be spurious. The script is a bit Runkel-like.

18th March 2019, 09:02 PM	#1
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,281	Interesting attempt at script on this one, an amalgam of in Solingen then in Alemania (=same thing) then Fabrica etc. This is a M1796 British cavalry blade with spurious inscription which seems odd as this would hardly pass as legitimate. As always as well noted by Martin......the anomalies in blades mounted in these Ethiopian gurades much as throughout Red Sea entrepots are infinite. This extends to so many ethnographic cultural situations. These M1796 blades, while typically marked on the back of the blade with makers name, seem to have been produced in volume as 'blanks' in some cases.

19th March 2019, 11:03 AM	#2
MForde Member Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: UK Posts: 36	The fuller and curve don't quite fit the 1796 troopers' sabre so perhaps it was an officer's 'fighting' version, devoid of decoration. Certainly, very similar and quite possibly mid-Victorian.

19th March 2019, 12:27 PM	#3
midelburgo Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 264	Spain used a lot of 1796 after 1808, either passed by the British or purchased by many patriotic corporations. I do not see why it should be spurious. The script is a bit Runkel-like.