Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Question on British lance head, pattern 1846

Jim McDougall · 24th April 2017, 01:34 AM

Ken,
You may have a jackpot there!
This appears to be a French lance head, M1816, but could well be the M1823. They both had this type head, and long langets but the pennon attaching links were squared as yours....British did not have these.
It is a shame the langets are not intact as the only way to tell the difference is that the M1823 was asymmetrical , that is one was longer than the other...also the 1816 had the link closer together. There were three on both patterns.

Source, "French Military Weapons", Major James Hicks, 1964.

24th April 2017, 01:34 AM	#2
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,200	Ken, You may have a jackpot there! This appears to be a French lance head, M1816, but could well be the M1823. They both had this type head, and long langets but the pennon attaching links were squared as yours....British did not have these. It is a shame the langets are not intact as the only way to tell the difference is that the M1823 was asymmetrical , that is one was longer than the other...also the 1816 had the link closer together. There were three on both patterns. Source, "French Military Weapons", Major James Hicks, 1964.