Original European Brass Mounted P-1796 Style Light Cavalry Sabre with Scabbard - Blüchersäbel Category_Night Sights but this one dates to

but this one dates to the end of the Victorian era of the 19th century

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The loss of General Gordon at Khartoum in 1885 was a great blow to British prestige and yet it took thirteen years for Great Britain to extract revenge at the Battle of Omdurman in 1898

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The flag measures approximately 29" x 26"

Original European Brass Mounted P-1796 Style Light Cavalry Sabre with Scabbard - Blüchersäbel Category_Night Sights but this one dates toOriginal Item: Only One Available. This historic pattern of saber is quite remarkable! Napoleon Bonaparte himself complained about the design, opining that the "hatchet point", the broadening of the blade at the very front end, constituted an "inhumane" weapon because of the horrendous wounds it inflicted. We should point out that the Prussians, under General BLCHER adopted the Saber as well and for them it become known as the "BLCHERSBEL". Our