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Ethiopian sword/spanish blade

19th March 2019, 08:26 PM

Jim McDougall

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Quote:

Originally Posted by midelburgo

This is a British 1796 blade marked CRAVEN with a Spanish hilt (1825 model I think). They were used in the first succession (carlista) civil war (c1836).

The carlista side had to find weapons outside of Spain.

Excellent and perfect illustration!!! Thank you. Thomas Craven was one of the early makers of both 1796 light and heavy cavalry blades.

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