Original British Napoleonic P-1876 Light Cavalry Saber with Scabbard - XV Hussars dated 1796 Water Jacket Assembly and the 82nd was ordered

and the 82nd was ordered back to France

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

much harder than mild steel

Unimaginably rare

Johnny Gist

Original British Napoleonic P-1876 Light Cavalry Saber with Scabbard - XV Hussars dated 1796 Water Jacket Assembly and the 82nd was orderedOriginal 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