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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Frank_138, post: 9469873, member: 16300&quot;]A comparison photo with a British M1796 Light Cavalry Sabre. M1811 front, M1796 in the back. </p><p>England supplied Prussia with 6000 M1796 sabre in 1807 and 10000 M1796 sabres in 1813/1814. The Prussian cities with the big edged weapon manufacturers like Solingen were then under french occupation. </p><p>During the Napoleonic wars the majority of the Prussian cavalry units were equipped with British M1796 sabres. </p><p><br /></p><p>The M1796 shown in the photo has British markings 4 and the British crown and a British company Name on the blade. This M 1796 sabre was found two years ago during demolition of an old building in a small village in Saxony hidden under floor boards in the attic. Right next to the village and partly in the village took a battle place in october 1813. The sabre was hidden there either after the battle or in May of 1945 when the Red Army occupied Saxony. </p><p>Found with the Sabre was the leather hanger and belt. The leather is totally dried out and very fragile. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]442818[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]442819[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]442820[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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