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a sword I cannot find info on, ..I will post in another message, just checking my code.

thanks

mid-16th to early 17th cent. either Swiss, Austrian, or South German. This is in reference to the original thread, not the above saber.

Taken from the other side of the hilt taken from the end of the blade so that the emblem in the gaurde can be seen .

Hi there, indeed it is from the late 1800's...there is an inscription (1871) to a certain "ibotson bailey" on it....

I was told the handle is made of some sort of animal skin, alligator? snake? not sure.

I will start a new thread with this, I was just testing my bbcode above, sorry for the confusion. Don't want to mix threads.

I will post many pics like the other threads some time today.

thanks

I split these posts into their own topic. If you want, I can move this into the "testing" forum and you can start a new topic for this sword.

Cheers!

Can we get pics of the blade and any markings? I believe that is either a British P1822 Light Cavalry Officer's sword or a Royal Artillery Officer's sword (introduced in the 1850's). Both branches used the same pattern. The signs that indicate that it's a Royal Artillery is that the pommel is stepped and the visible tang rivet, whereas the Light Cavalry usually had checkered pommels and no tang rivet. This difference can be seen from the 1850's onwards on the swords from Wilkinson, while other manufacturers kept the stepped pommels for both service branches.