A Scottish basket hilt sword with military marking

Jim McDougall · 6th March 2017, 07:45 PM

Hi Jean Luc,
Thank you, ya had me worried there my friend. You're usually right on these discussions!
Indeed it would be great to have information on regimental markings on these swords, but as previously noted, such markings were seldom used before the 19th century. For that matter there were no official regulation swords in Great Britain prior to those of 1796.

Of the relatively rare instances of marks applied, in many cases these were field applied by regimental quartermasters or sometimes individual soldiers, and on campaign these were not part of official record keeping. We can only surmise which units might be represented by initials of unit colonels or commanders as the units were commonly referred to by their names, i.e. so and so's regiment of horse or dragoons or of foot.

As always, a fantastic example of these amazing swords .

All the best
Jim

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6th March 2017, 07:45 PM	#9
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,200	Hi Jean Luc, Thank you, ya had me worried there my friend. You're usually right on these discussions! Indeed it would be great to have information on regimental markings on these swords, but as previously noted, such markings were seldom used before the 19th century. For that matter there were no official regulation swords in Great Britain prior to those of 1796. Of the relatively rare instances of marks applied, in many cases these were field applied by regimental quartermasters or sometimes individual soldiers, and on campaign these were not part of official record keeping. We can only surmise which units might be represented by initials of unit colonels or commanders as the units were commonly referred to by their names, i.e. so and so's regiment of horse or dragoons or of foot. As always, a fantastic example of these amazing swords . All the best Jim