The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Soviet Pattern 1881 Dragoon Trooper's sword. The hilt has a brass D shape guard stamped A on the right and 1914 under some cyrillic letters on the left and has a hole in the quillon end. The wooden grips have diagonal grooves. The curved blade has a wide fuller to each side to within 150 mm of the double edged point. The ricasso is stamped on the left with an arsenal mark and 1918. The right side has A, a crown over an A and 40.
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Russian Pattern 1881 Cossack Trooper's sword and scabbard. The hilt has a brass ferrule and a pommel in the shape of a birds beak with a hole for a wrist strap. The wooden grips have diagonal grooves.
Russian Pattern 1881 Cossack Trooper's sword and scabbard. The hilt has a brass ferrule, stamped O 42 and a pommel in the shape of a birds beak with a hole for a wrist strap and is engraved with CCCP
Italian Cavalry Trooper's Sword. The hilt has a heavy sheet steel guard with a tear drop cutout and a raised section for the thumb. The grip appears to be a hard rubber compound and the back strap is
British Pattern 1853 Cavalry Trooper's sword. The hilt has a three bar steel guard engraved RHA K 117 and the grips are compressed black checkered (worn) leather rivetted to the tang. The curved blade
British Pattern 1899 Cavalry Trooper's sword and scabbard. The hilt has a sheet steel guard, stamped NSWG C 1390 01, with a re-inforced inner edge. The grips are black checkered compressed leather fit
French light cavalry trooper's sword. The brass hilt is a D shape stirrup type stamped 6444 (crossed out) and 2228 right side and 1175 with three inspector's marks on the left. The grip is leather and