[Shakethetrees]

Hello all, I am a new member and this is my first thread. (I hope everything works out and loads correctly!)

I've been a collector of American, European, and ethnographic weapons for probably forty five years or more and discovered this forum within the last year. I am looking forward to participation in the future, when time and topic allows.

I turned this saber up about twenty years ago in a rural Louisiana flea market, near what we call the German Coast, which was settled sometime in the second quarter of the 18th century (that's very old for us!).

My best guess is that its a cavalry broadsword, circa 1735-1750 or thereabouts, but, as I do not have any German references, it's just that; a guess. I tried to get an image of the marks, but one of them was only partially struck. The blade is 37.5 inches long, brass hilt with a leather covered wooden grip. Heavy, single strand brass wire wrapping. It does not appear to ever have been dismounted in a very long time.