Original 19th Century Saxon M.1840 Faschinenmesser All-Steel Pioneer Artillery Short Sword with Scabbard The Pacific on HBO The rifle bears no markings

The rifle bears no markings other than Nepalese arsenal markings

however we have no way of testing them to see if they work

Barrel also dated 1826 on the tang

It probably dates to the early part of the 19th

in nice display condition complete with its original named transit tin

Original 19th Century Saxon M.1840 Faschinenmesser All-Steel Pioneer Artillery Short Sword with Scabbard The Pacific on HBO The rifle bears no markingsOriginal Item: Only One Available. These are the traditional Sidearms of SAXONY, one of the independent German City States that existed prior to the unification of Germany under Bismark in 1871. Each State had it's own characteristic sidearms, this Faschinenmesser Sword was one used by Saxony. The 24 long sword has a large Cleaver shaped blade of 18 1 2" mounted onto an all STEEL ribbed grip bag shaped hilt with a STEEL "S" cross guard. The name