[Now whether this is a contemporary mating done at the time of use e.g. battlefield pickups or replacement or a later mating by an owner or even a dealer is impossible to know. I like to think they were put together after a battle when stray weapons were gathered together for future use.
From the " son" of the 1796,the M1811 or Blüchersäbel ,it is known ,that lange numbers of it were sold from the prussian army to dealers around 1900.The six yet known tradingcompanies bought the surplus and also offered the swords for decoration. They bought up to 18000 weapons.I can imagine, that on this way many sabres and scabbards got mixed.In Prussia all M1811 had the same troop stamps on both,sabre and scabbard.
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