Please help on 1796 HC sword marks

fernando · 15th March 2009, 05:02 PM

I have talked with the seller.
Not much on the provenance; only that it was part of a collection, inherited and sold by the family of militaries in Oporto.
The sword knot is back from the shoe maker. It was glued and not sewn, according to his opinnion; not an everlasting job, to my view, but it will do for the time being.
I wish i could discern those stamped letters. Possibly the first and larger one is a B; maybe some day this wil be the track for an ID .
It seems as the I GILL trade mark was active between 1803-1817. I still feed the conviction that this sword was on the field in Portugal, during Napoleonic invasions.

Fernando

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15th March 2009, 05:02 PM	#19
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	I have talked with the seller. Not much on the provenance; only that it was part of a collection, inherited and sold by the family of militaries in Oporto. The sword knot is back from the shoe maker. It was glued and not sewn, according to his opinnion; not an everlasting job, to my view, but it will do for the time being. I wish i could discern those stamped letters. Possibly the first and larger one is a B; maybe some day this wil be the track for an ID . It seems as the I GILL trade mark was active between 1803-1817. I still feed the conviction that this sword was on the field in Portugal, during Napoleonic invasions. Fernando . Attached Images