Here is a Prussian Artillery Officer's Sword dating from 1870, used perhaps during the Franco-Prussian War. The brass hilt has a lion head guard terminal and broad langets, the right part shows a high relief decoration of a pair of crossed cannons. Foliage motif guard. Lion head pommel. Black horn fluted grip. The iron scabbard has a single suspension ring and it shows stable surface rust with about 30% black finish remaining. Its hilt shows good, smooth patina. Grip with small shallow flake to the heel, otherwise excellent and finally the sword's blade is bright with original plating, all finish intact. One excellent century-old dress sword.

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Shahril, the picture you've provided doesn't seem to work. Unfortunate, since the sword sounds interesting.

Anders, what do you mean the picture doesn't work?

All I see is a grey man-shaped figure with a question mark.

If you can still see the picture, it's likely the web page you found it on doesn't allow hotlinking. If that's the case, you need to save it and either add it as an attachment or upload the picture on a different page, like ImageShack or Photobucket, and link from there.

I am seeing the same thing as Anders.

me too

Chase, Jonathan, Anders, the picture of a grey character with question mark has now been replaced with the Prussian Artillery Officer's Sword's photo for your viewing pleasure. I am sorry for that.

I know next to nothing about Prussian military swords, so I cannot really make any enlightening comments on this one. Do you have any close-ups of the hilt?

Jonathan

So you want a closeup for this sword's hilt, Jonathan? Here's one.
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Thank you, it is very nice, but I prefer the "real fighting stuff" to dress swords. :) The hilt is beautiful, but the blade looks too dainty for my tastes.

Jonathan

What do you mean the sword's blade is dainty, Jonathan?

Below is a very nice and well made Prussian Artillery Sword, date of manufacture unknown and is similar to the sword above. It is mounted with a plain, slightly-curved blade that measures 32 1/4 inches in length which remains in very nice, original condition and is well marked on the ricasso with the logo of Alex Coppel just beneath the languet. The impressive stirrup guard is mounted with an intricately detailed lion's head pommel and crossed cannons on the front languet. The composite grip also remains nice with the original twisted wire wrap still tightly in place. The black lacquered metal scabbard is scuffed with just a few small dings. Overall measuring 41 inches in length.

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Heres a pic of a similar sword, probably a field weapon . Its the Model 1855 Bavarian Infantry Sword. I have one and its super- fast, Super Sharp and beautifully tempered. Its probably the sword I might grab to defend myself in a pinch. It moves like a smallsword because of its slender blade. A friend of mine jokingly named it "Murder Incorporated." Mine is missing the gold wire on the grip but the blade looks like it was issued from the Bavarian Armory just yesterday.

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Looks a bit like the m1889 Swedish Infantery Officer Saber, seen here on the right:

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(I've seen a photo of a Swedish sword that looked even more similar -almost identical- but I couldn't find it.)