Original European Brass Mounted P-1796 Style Light Cavalry Sabre with Scabbard - Blüchersäbel Category_Night Sights This is an original Imperial

This is an original Imperial German Aufpflanzbarer Grabendolch or Fixable Trench Knife - Bayonet

but already showing much prowess as a general in the army of Mthethwa king Dingiswayo in the Mthethwa-Ndwandwe war in the early 1810s

but the amount of thought put into the concept is astounding

but this one dates to the end of the Victorian era of the 19th century

The flag measures approximately 29" x 26"

Original European Brass Mounted P-1796 Style Light Cavalry Sabre with Scabbard - Blüchersäbel Category_Night Sights This is an original ImperialOriginal Item: Only One Available. This historic pattern of saber is quite remarkable! Napoleon Bonaparte himself complained about the design, opining that the "hatchet point", the broadening of the blade at the very front end, constituted an "inhumane" weapon because of the horrendous wounds it inflicted. We should point out that the Prussians, under General BLCHER adopted the Saber as well and for them it become known as the "BLCHERSBEL". Our