
Multiple subject / specialization and other types of resource sites and web pages for antique swords generally.
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07-09-2011 04:36 AM
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Want to what "A & SH" means when you find it stamped on a Scottish dirk? This very useful sites lists the abbreviations and full titles for most British and Commonwealth regiments / corps.
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07-09-2011 04:51 AM
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An excellent site for researching British officers, especially during WW2. This includes Royal Naval officers who are incredibly hard to officially research due to British Royal Naval restrictions. And, if they do not have an officer listed, let...
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07-09-2011 04:40 AM
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A place to research fallen British Commonwealth soldiers and civilians. So, if you have a WW1 / WW2 sword with provenance, this is one place to start looking up details about the original owner.
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07-09-2011 04:48 AM
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Not for British officer promotions per say, but the official announcements paper and VERY useful research site allowing British officers to be traced during their military careers, in civy street, their marriages, children, parents, deaths, etc.
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07-09-2011 05:37 AM
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This is a Google Books link that should display all / most of Hart's Army Lists; the first page and a few are FULL VIEW (free, you do not have to pay to look at / download them). A VITAL tool when researching British officers.
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07-09-2011 04:55 AM
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Site selling reproduction swords. What? Repros? Hold on, this is a commercial site that sells fakes in a resource category? Yes, absolutely. By keeping up to date with what repro swords are on the market and what they look like, you can avoid them...
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07-09-2011 05:51 AM
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Got an early 19th century British naval sword with provenance and what to know if that person (along with their weapon) was at the Battle of Trafalgar? Best check the Trafalgar Roll.
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