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31st March 2023, 04:29 AM
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Adding more interest to its past, it appears the crown/ Drury blade marks that are typical have been ground off and removed from mine. It doesnt appear well in pictures but there is an indentation where the marks were on each side. If you look closely, you can see where the fuller gets narrower and shallower and the top ridge wider. All from metal being removed in those areas. Seeing that crown must not have sat well with it's owner at some point in time.
I assume this was probably somewhat common of British marked items? |
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31st March 2023, 04:36 AM
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A paper I found on the Scottish regiments during the French and Indian War. Long but LOTS of information. Thought it fit well here as a good resource.
https://thekeep.eiu.edu/cgi/viewcont...context=theses |
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31st March 2023, 10:26 PM
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Arms Historian
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Troiani reference
As per your request,
From "Soldiers in America 1764-1865", Don Troiani, 1998, p.16. It does not seem unlikely that a colonist would grind away any reference to the 'Crown', and of course many British weapons became those of the Colonial army during and after the Revolution. |
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