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Atlantia
19th January 2011, 12:07 PM
Can anyone help out with clearer pictures of this pattern of 'short sword/sidearm pls. I think it might be an m71?
Atlantia
24th January 2011, 11:20 PM
No answers? Why's that? these things cant be that rare?
Ian Knight
26th January 2011, 11:32 AM
Examples can be found here:
http://www.oldswords.com/

Ian
Atlantia
26th January 2011, 12:11 PM
Examples can be found here:
http://www.oldswords.com/

Ian

Hi Ian
Looks like they want a fee to use it!
Gene
Norman McCormick
26th January 2011, 02:31 PM
Hi Gene,
Try 'faschinenmesser' on a search engine or pickelhaubes.com. Am busy sorting things out as I'm moving house or I would look further for you but I think either of these will get you an answer.
Regards,
Norman.
Atlantia
26th January 2011, 03:42 PM
Hi Gene,
Try 'faschinenmesser' on a search engine or pickelhaubes.com. Am busy sorting things out as I'm moving house or I would look further for you but I think either of these will get you an answer.
Regards,
Norman.

Excellent, thank you Norman, That's given me the picture I needed :)
Ian Knight
26th January 2011, 08:06 PM
Hi Ian
Looks like they want a fee to use it!
Gene

Hello Gene,
It is well worth the small fee. A very useful site.

Ian
celtan
27th January 2011, 10:35 PM
The pommel looks Prussian/German. Does it have a hilt mortise lock for atachment to a rifle? If it doesn't , then it probably is a Prussian M1860 Infantry falchion. The blade of the 71'was thinner, and probably longer. Also, the scabbard probably belongs to an earlier model. (M1850).

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Can anyone help out with clearer pictures of this pattern of 'short sword/sidearm pls. I think it might be an m71?