American Revolutionary Period Swords?

[drac2k]

Thanks for your insightful comments;they make good sense to me.

[serdar]

Those two sabers should be austrian prima plana 1767 models.
German hangers? And that they were used in america?
I never heard about that, but that type of saber is called prima plana and sometimes grenadier saber 1767.

[Will M]

Hessians that fought for the British in the American Revolution would have worn such swords.

[drac2k]

Great information on all accounts.The sword is indeed an Austrian Prima Plana Grenadier sword which looks like the M1767, however the knucklebows are thinner on the earlier models as opposed to mine as M ELEY noted, so maybe they are a later transition model, also noted by M ELEY ?
I was also surprised to learn that there were between 30,000 to 37,000 Hessian soldiers that fought in the American Revolution;I had no idea that the number was so high!

[Interested Party]

Originally Posted by drac2k

I was also surprised to learn that there were between 30,000 to 37,000 Hessian soldiers that fought in the American Revolution;I had no idea that the number was so high!

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[Hotspur]