Georgian 'Horse head' Yeomanry officers sabre

[Radboud]

Good day Jim and thank you for sharing that page with us.

Interesting that a similar sword sold at Rock River Auctions some while back, almost identical but with a 33 inch blade:

Manufactured without maker or merchant marks, notes provided by the consignor suggest it was a Dragoon officer's sword, though a nearly identical example featured on page 106 of Peterson's "The American Sword 1775-1945" is attributed as an artillery sword. Peterson further notes that most known examples of the type feature a German-style "stirrup" guard, as opposed to the half-solid, half-chain guard seen in the book and on this sword.

Overall length is 37 3/4 inches, with a 33 inch curved single fuller blade, decorated on the lower half with gold washed patriotic and martial etching on a niter blue field. The hilt is gold washed brass, with a sculpted eagle claw on the rear quillion, a swan with nicely detailed feathers for the guard, a horse head pommel and a checkered antique grip. The scabbard is black leather construction, with lightly engraved gilt brass furniture.

The different blade lengths on identical hilts leads me to suspect that these were intended to catch the purchaser’s fancy rather than for a specific unit type.