Great video thank you very much for sharing ! I think I recognize les poinçons et la signature. Would be interesting to know about les dragons used and the practice of grinding and sharpening the point of a sabre.
Excellent, very detailed and complete information, essential for a collector. I love this sabres, they are truly a piece of napoleonic wars History. I own both the year IX (Manufacture Nationale and LW - M marked) and the year XI (February 1813). Actually you can tell the difference beetween early and later ones because the year IX guard is less robust and the branches are slighty thinner. I also own the former year IV sabres and the Hussars were right, those are lighter and move better. But the Year XI is a beast. P.D. Nice couple of An XI heavy cavalry swords at the back 😉.
Looking forward to more excellent content! I only have one French sword, a Klingental 1816 dated 1821 and it’s a long beauty. I don’t believe that any one sword collector has all the French swords from the Napoleonic era 😮 Seems there’s a huge number of patterns and variations
Yer I have 3 trooper a early 1803 year 9 a year 11 between 1806to 09 as maked Imp but not dated and a year 11 from 1812 on blade, I do prefer my Hussar thou year v so can see why hussars wanted to keep those
Thank you very much for the video. I have read about these sometimes having the branched guard cut off for artillery use and leaving only the knucklebow, but these are just online sources. I have come across an officer's variant that is in such a state. Is there are source you know of that talks about this?
I enjoyed your presentation. Over the course of 25 years I've acquired 3 of these swords. One is dated 1811, another is dated 1813, and the last is Italian and marked Barisoni.
