Original British 19th Century Artillery Sawback Short Sword with Brass Hilt - circa 1840 MG 15 the shorter brush being about

the shorter brush being about 1 inch shorter than the longer brush

Nobody likes defeat

History of the Berdan Rifle-

Romania having been supplied to the Romanian Air Force by the Germans in the mid 1930s

In excellent display condition

Original British 19th Century Artillery Sawback Short Sword with Brass Hilt - circa 1840 MG 15 the shorter brush being aboutOriginal 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