The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
French Model 1822 Light Cavalry sabre and scabbard. The hilt has a triple bar brass guard stamped 720 (crossed out) with 722 and a plain brass pommel. The grip is leather bound with brass wire that is loose. The curved blade has a wide fuller on each side to within 150 mm from the point and a thin 55 mm fuller on each side near the back edge which is engraved Manufre Imperiale de Chatellerault Fevrier 1853. The steel scabbard is rusty and has a single loose hanger ring on a band 90 mm from the throat stamped 722.
This sword was recaptured from the Germans by the 6th Battalion at Lihons during the First World War.
French Model 1822 Light Cavalry sabre and scabbard. The hilt has a triple bar brass guard stamped 94 and a plain brass pommel. The grip is leather bound with brass wire. The curved blade has a wide fu
French Model 1822 Light Cavalry sabre and scabbard. The hilt has a triple bar brass guard stamped 21222 and a plain brass pommel. The grip is leather bound with brass wire. A black sword knot is attac
French Heavy Cavalry Dragoon sword and scabbard. The hilt has a three bar brass guard stamped 1456 and a plain brass pommel. The grip is missing the leather cover and the brass binding wire. The strai
French Model 1814 Cavalry sword and scabbard. The hilt has a four bar brass guard, stamped on the inside edge 42 in arabic numerals and a plain brass pommel. The grip is leather bound with brass wire.
French Pattern 1822 Heavy Cavalry Sword and Scabbard. The hilt has a brass triple bar guard, numbered 1023 and the grip is brass wire bound over leather. A broad brown leather sword knot is attached t
French Infantry Officer's sword and scabbard. The brass three bar hilt has a cast floral design to parts of the guard and pommel. The grip is a green brown horn bound with brass wire. The curved blade
