Pleeze help with ID...French 1817 Artillerie a Pied?

[celtan]

Hola Nandi,

No, mine is the glaive.

The M1816 briquette aka "cabbage cutter" is the one with a D guard, brass hilt and steel blade. ie. The one often used by champagne connoisseurs to dramatically open bottles...(decoupage). There were two versions, short for artillery, and long for infantry. They were copied by everyone, Spanish, Russians, Germans etc... and were used up to the late 19th C.

Which made me think: since the M1816 was already around in 1817, how come that this (glaive) blade, so M1831 like, was (reportedly) used by foot artillery ?

If it ever was, mind you. Which is exactly where I'm going. Perhaps the museum label was wrong.

I just don't see both blade types coexisting, and for similar purposes..

Perhaps Jean Binck can enlighten us?

Best

M

BTW: The scabbard's rope is also very interesting, seems it has thin copper wires interwoven with the organic kind.

Originally Posted by fernando

Hi Manolo,
You mean Glaive, not Briquet.
This blade seems to be from a (foot) artillery 1816, right ?
The scabbard and grip are a wonder, though.
Saludos.
Nando