Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Officers sword pattern 1796 for Light Cavalry?

Bryce · 6th March 2022, 08:56 PM

G'day Calien,
I can't help you with the crest, but I do have a couple of swords with similar blade decoration including the "all seeing eye". Originally I thought this style of blade decoration may be regimental, but have since found blades marked to the 12th LD, 7th Hussars and 82nd Regiment of foot. They also come from several different makers. Like you I think that the common link may be Freemasonry, or simply fashion. Do you have a shot showing the whole blade decoration?

Brunn and Prosser marked swords are often very similar if not identical. As the two were neighbours I have often wondered if the swords came out of the same workshop.
Cheers,
Bryce

6th March 2022, 08:56 PM	#49
Bryce Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: North Queensland, Australia Posts: 174	G'day Calien, I can't help you with the crest, but I do have a couple of swords with similar blade decoration including the "all seeing eye". Originally I thought this style of blade decoration may be regimental, but have since found blades marked to the 12th LD, 7th Hussars and 82nd Regiment of foot. They also come from several different makers. Like you I think that the common link may be Freemasonry, or simply fashion. Do you have a shot showing the whole blade decoration? Brunn and Prosser marked swords are often very similar if not identical. As the two were neighbours I have often wondered if the swords came out of the same workshop. Cheers, Bryce Attached Images Last edited by Bryce; 6th March 2022 at 09:29 PM.