swedish cutlass ?
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Hello everybody,
I bought this cutlass without knowing it's origin, I liked his kukri shape like ! I think it's a real old model I found informations telling it is a swedish ? naval knife-cutlass Do specialists know these ''stamps'' : A&E.H a crown and GvA on the guard a 1848 or Later edition ? ? Kind regards |
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Better with these no pdf pictures,
I had problems to insert them this morning... |
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Now that the pictures are ok !...
The cutlass-knife came with this item sold as a dagger, I think more a shortened sword, maybe an european british model ? |
I think the brass handled one is a Bandsman's short sword.
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No, as far as I'm informed this is the Swedish infantry side arm (Faschinenmesser) M 1848
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Hello Thank you David and Corrado for your comments !
Thank you David for the Bandsman short sword info, I like the brass lion's head I thought about a shortened sword because the blade ends in a strange way... What do you think ? Kind regards |
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Here some more fotos of the Swedish knife M 1848
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Thank you Corrado,
Yes sadly the scabbard is missing !... I wonder why the are so many ''differents marks'' or blacksmiths/factory for exactly the same model ? ( why I was asking about ''my'' stamps ) |
It’s a Swedish Faskinkniv m/1848. It was produced under licence by Solingen based A&E Holler. I think the GvA is the stamp of the inspection officer but I don’t have the name although the “v” should be for von.
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Waohh ! Solingen A&H Holler
You nailed it ! Thank you !!! ( for the GvA and the crown, I will try to put a better picture...) |
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The Swedish fascine knife m1848 was originally intended for the infantry, or at least parts of it. It seems to have become a standard infantry sidearm on the whole, and some examples are thought to have been used by police forces.
Some personnel in units of the coastal artillery were originally in the army, but transferred to the navy (which had responsibility for coastal artillery operations), and brought their sidearms with them. Some of these had the m/1848. This seems to be the extent of its use in the navy. The trooper shown in the photo is of the Norrlands Trainkår, a train regiment, which handled the logistical requirements of troop equipment and supply. |
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I'll send this over to the European Side for more responses (and more appropriate ).
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