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I'd like to know how to look after it if it's authentic.
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17-12-2011, 10:01 PM #1Junior Member
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Please, I would like some help with what appears to be a 1800 Prussian Sword.
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17-12-2011, 11:02 PM #2Administrator
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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?
EdInto 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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17-12-2011, 11:24 PM #3Junior Member
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More Pictures
Here are some more pictures.
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18-12-2011, 05:54 AM #4Senior Member
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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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18-12-2011, 08:31 AM #5Junior Member
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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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18-12-2011, 10:25 PM #6Administrator
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Interesting! Stuart, how many suspension rings does the scabbard have? One or two?
EdInto 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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20-12-2011, 11:08 AM #7Junior Member
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Sure, just one.
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20-12-2011, 10:17 PM #8Administrator
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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
EdInto 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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