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Originally Posted by Will M
Very nice cutlass. Don't see many of the earlier ones. Earlier blade type than the later blades that were like the Baker bayonet blades.
You see this fullered blade on early 1700's infantry sidearms.
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Yes it does have an early looking blade but it is closest to the Pattern 1814 cutlass which featured this type post 1803 ribbed iron hilt and had a short curved blade unlike its straight bladed P1804 predecessor .... however the guard is different to the P 1814 which had the same figure of eight ( double disc ) hilt as the P 1804. Its a puzzle to me . If it wasnt for the GR crown I would say it was a commercial variant.