Original British 19th Century Artillery Sawback Short Sword with Brass Hilt - circa 1840 Russian Ordnance New Made Item: This fine

New Made Item: This fine reproduction was manufactured in the late 1980's

The grip of this example is a nice tangerine color and is relatively the same tone throughout

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he attended the “Pathfinder School” at North Witham to train as a pilot for dropping airborne pathfinders to do the job of setting up drop zones

In January 1944 the entire program moved to Hammer Field

Original British 19th Century Artillery Sawback Short Sword with Brass Hilt - circa 1840 Russian Ordnance New Made Item: This fineOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very impressive brass hilted Artillery Side Arm measuring 27 inches overall, with a heavy, almost cutlass like 22 inch "SAW BACK" blade. The maker marking is partly missing, but CRAVEN is clearly legible, for "Cooper & Craven" a well known Napoleonic Sword Maker of the Napoleonic Wars and afterwards. The blade also bears a military Inspector's acceptance stamp of a Crown over an "I". The brass hilt has a