Original British Napoleonic P-1876 Light Cavalry Saber with Scabbard - XV Hussars dated 1796 British Military Maps General of the Armies John

General of the Armies John "Black Jack" Pershing

an immensely interesting Military item of Italian heritage

Complete in its original padded lined leather Carrying Roll with securing straps (one strap absent)

Nebraska and became part of the 1st Airborne Brigade

the Dutch added a magazine to the rifle

Original British Napoleonic P-1876 Light Cavalry Saber with Scabbard - XV Hussars dated 1796 British Military Maps General of the Armies JohnOriginal Item: One Only. This particular sword just came out of a very old Collection in England. The pattern 1796 Light Cavalry Saber features a blade that is wider at the tip than it is at the guard. This became known as a hatchet point and was the subject of a complaint from Napoleon Bonaparte as being too inhumane due to the grievous wounds it was capable of inflicting. It should be pointed out that the Prussians, under General BLUCHER adopted the