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NAPOLEONIC BRITISH M 1796 CAVALRY UNDRESS OFFICER SWORD RUNKEL BEZDEK COLLECTION
NAPOLEONIC BRITISH M 1796 CAVALRY UNDRESS OFFICER SWORD RUNKEL BEZDEK COLLECTION
NAPOLEONIC BRITISH M 1796 CAVALRY UNDRESS OFFICER SWORD RUNKEL BEZDEK COLLECTION
NAPOLEONIC BRITISH M 1796 CAVALRY UNDRESS OFFICER SWORD RUNKEL BEZDEK COLLECTION
NAPOLEONIC BRITISH M 1796 CAVALRY UNDRESS OFFICER SWORD RUNKEL BEZDEK COLLECTION
NAPOLEONIC BRITISH M 1796 CAVALRY UNDRESS OFFICER SWORD RUNKEL BEZDEK COLLECTION
NAPOLEONIC BRITISH M 1796 CAVALRY UNDRESS OFFICER SWORD RUNKEL BEZDEK COLLECTION
NAPOLEONIC BRITISH M 1796 CAVALRY UNDRESS OFFICER SWORD RUNKEL BEZDEK COLLECTION
NAPOLEONIC BRITISH M 1796 CAVALRY UNDRESS OFFICER SWORD RUNKEL BEZDEK COLLECTION
NAPOLEONIC BRITISH M 1796 CAVALRY UNDRESS OFFICER SWORD RUNKEL BEZDEK COLLECTION
NAPOLEONIC BRITISH M 1796 CAVALRY UNDRESS OFFICER SWORD RUNKEL BEZDEK COLLECTION
NAPOLEONIC BRITISH M 1796 CAVALRY UNDRESS OFFICER SWORD RUNKEL BEZDEK COLLECTION

NAPOLEONIC BRITISH M 1796 CAVALRY UNDRESS OFFICER SWORD RUNKEL BEZDEK COLLECTION

$ 990

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Restocking Fee: No
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  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Theme: Militaria
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

    Description

    NAPOLEONIC BRITISH M 1796 CAVALRY UNDRESS OFFICER SWORD SIGNED RUNKEL, THIS SWORD WAS MOST LIKELY USED AT WATERLOO. NO SCABBARD. MEASURES 39 3/4 INCHES OVERALL WITH A 34 INCH BLADE. I SOLD A SIMILAR ONE WITH SCABBARD YEARS AGO FOR 00.FROM THE FAMOUS COLLECTION OF AUTHOR RICHARD BEZDEK.
    Heavy Cavalry Officers' Undress Sword 1796 Pattern from the Wellington's Army.
    This is a Napoleonic Wars British Heavy Cavalry Officer's Saber, the undress version... the one used on the battlefield...
    Unlike the recommendations of the 1788 ordonnance... that officers should carry the same pattern of sword as their men...the notable exception is, of course,...the 1796
    pattern Heavy Cavalry officer’s undress (or service) sword !
    Although the blade of the officer’s sword is the same as that of the trooper’s, the hilt is of an entirely different form.
    The hilt of the trooper’s sword is the well known disc-hilt whereas the officer’s sword has a hilt of a form that has become known as the "ladder" hilt also called the first
    "honeysuckle" hilt