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    Please, I would like some help with what appears to be a 1800 Prussian Sword.

    I need someone to tell me more about a Prussian sword approximately 1800AD. Has the markings V.S. Can someone give me an approximate value?

    I'd like to know how to look after it if it's authentic.
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    I would need to see some more photos. But from what I see, I am thinking an Italian mounted cavalry sabre, not a Prussian one! Anyone know about the "VS" marking?
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    Into the valley of Death
    Rode the six hundred.

    Cannon to right of them,
    Cannon to left of them,
    Cannon in front of them
    Volley'd & thunder'd;
    Storm'd at with shot and shell,
    Boldly they rode and well,
    Into the jaws of Death,
    Into the mouth of Hell
    Rode the six hundred.

    Flash'd all their sabres bare,
    Flash'd as they turn'd in air
    Sabring the gunners there,
    Charging an army while
    All the world wonder'd:
    Plunged in the battery-smoke
    Right thro' the line they broke;
    Cossack & Russian
    Reel'd from the sabre-stroke,
    Shatter'd & sunder'd.
    Then they rode back, but not
    Not the six hundred.

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    Not near my reference books, but it looks Italian to me too. From memory it is the rounded langets and small crossguard inner support section that indicates this. The late 18C Prussian hussars blade has a small groove / fuller down alongside the spine from memory. How many suspension rings does this sabre have? If it is only one, that nails it as Italian I think.
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    well thank you, can you tell me what the date might be then?
    Oh I found this ...Prussian 1800 Hussar's Sabre by Schnitzler & Kirschbaum

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    Interesting! Stuart, how many suspension rings does the scabbard have? One or two?
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    Into the valley of Death
    Rode the six hundred.

    Cannon to right of them,
    Cannon to left of them,
    Cannon in front of them
    Volley'd & thunder'd;
    Storm'd at with shot and shell,
    Boldly they rode and well,
    Into the jaws of Death,
    Into the mouth of Hell
    Rode the six hundred.

    Flash'd all their sabres bare,
    Flash'd as they turn'd in air
    Sabring the gunners there,
    Charging an army while
    All the world wonder'd:
    Plunged in the battery-smoke
    Right thro' the line they broke;
    Cossack & Russian
    Reel'd from the sabre-stroke,
    Shatter'd & sunder'd.
    Then they rode back, but not
    Not the six hundred.

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    Sure, just one.

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    Hi Stuart
    It is a mid to late Italian mounted artillery sabre, I am sure. I believe the sword knot at the front is the giveaway, though I may be wrong.
    Sorry
    Ed
    Into the valley of Death
    Rode the six hundred.

    Cannon to right of them,
    Cannon to left of them,
    Cannon in front of them
    Volley'd & thunder'd;
    Storm'd at with shot and shell,
    Boldly they rode and well,
    Into the jaws of Death,
    Into the mouth of Hell
    Rode the six hundred.

    Flash'd all their sabres bare,
    Flash'd as they turn'd in air
    Sabring the gunners there,
    Charging an army while
    All the world wonder'd:
    Plunged in the battery-smoke
    Right thro' the line they broke;
    Cossack & Russian
    Reel'd from the sabre-stroke,
    Shatter'd & sunder'd.
    Then they rode back, but not
    Not the six hundred.

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