European Infantry Sidearm.

[Norman McCormick]

Hi,
I have found two other examples of Gebruder Weyersberg swords with the crowned double A cipher. The first one is a briquet sidearm similar to mine. The other is a French 1822 type light cavalry sabre belonging to a forum member who has kindly allowed me to use their photographs on this thread. It has been suggested elsewhere that the cipher may refer to Belgium but I have been unable to verify this in any way. It is perhaps rather unfortunate that both styles of sword had particularly long service lives or I may have been able to pin down the dating a bit more as the identification of the cipher seems to be rather elusive.
Regards,
Norman.