Pics won't post from my BB, but I'm looking at a sawback 1832 marked brass grip/guard curved short sword with russian or Greek markings.
Anyone seen anything like that?
Anyone seen anything like that?
Russian Czarist frontier sword ?
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Sam Cade
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A bit like a short sawback shasqua with quillions?
Most likely its a czarist 1827 pattern pioneer sword.
Edit: Like this?
Most likely its a czarist 1827 pattern pioneer sword.
Edit: Like this?
Sam Cade
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Bingo!
Nice old guy got it without the sheath. Prices on the net are all over the place for the Crimean War Pioneer swords. Repros are around $125 and originals are $350 and way up (+$1,000 for some reason). Luckily the repros aren't marked like the range of these that are supposed to be authentic.
Nice old guy got it without the sheath. Prices on the net are all over the place for the Crimean War Pioneer swords. Repros are around $125 and originals are $350 and way up (+$1,000 for some reason). Luckily the repros aren't marked like the range of these that are supposed to be authentic.
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Thanks!
Any unit markings visible?
Any unit markings visible?
Gordon
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Nice sword! maybe Stephan Fowler will be up to his interpretation of one of those next for me.
Bartholomew Roberts
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The markings on the brass hilt are Roman letters, not Cyrillic - maybe some type of import mark? The markings on the blade are Cyrillic: П. Г. (P. G.) and МА...ТО (same as Roman letters)
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Thanks everyone for the info.
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