Original British Napoleonic P-1876 Light Cavalry Saber with Scabbard - XV Hussars dated 1796 Water Jacket Assembly much harder than mild steel

much harder than mild steel

silk-like interior lining and a finely cast steel officer's Eagle badge over brass crossed anchors

the trigger guard was modified

absent Brotosh proff marks

Original Item:  When British military small arms are retired from active duty to be used as training arms

Original British Napoleonic P-1876 Light Cavalry Saber with Scabbard - XV Hussars dated 1796 Water Jacket Assembly much harder than mild steelOriginal Item: One Only. This particular sword just came out of a very old Collection in England. The pattern 1796 Light Cavalry Saber features a blade that is wider at the tip than it is at the guard. This became known as a hatchet point and was the subject of a complaint from Napoleon Bonaparte as being too inhumane due to the grievous wounds it was capable of inflicting. It should be pointed out that the Prussians, under General BLUCHER adopted the