Need help to identify pommel and guard from sword.

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Originally Posted by Norman McCormick

Hi busterxxl,
Try arma-dania website, all the hilts shown here are from Danish military swords over approx a hundred year timeline, mid 18thC to mid 19thC. Some have half "hearts".
Regards,
Norman.

P.S. I was always under the impression, rightly or wrongly, that the British "1742" was normally associated with a wooden wire wrapped hilt and the "1751" had the solid fluted brass hilt but I suspect, as in all these things, there is a certain 'fluidity' between the types.

Hi Norm

The ca 1742 for the British example was verbatim from Gilkerson's book and possibly not meant as a model number. Also not described as having a cast grip.

Thanks for the site mentioned reminder. I have that bookmarked

http://www.vaabenhistoriskselskab.dk...a/ad_intro.php

Here is a Swedish museum
http://www.sfhm.se/templates/pages/A...epslanguage=EN

Cheers

GC