Original British Napoleonic P-1876 Light Cavalry Saber with Scabbard - XV Hussars dated 1796 Category_Snider Rifle Accessories FitzRoy was promoted to post-captain

FitzRoy was promoted to post-captain on 3 March 1804

bear the Bengal regimental cypher including "crossed lances" and show a King's Crown

The blade displays use and age

The optical bar is ideally made from a material with a low coefficient of thermal expansion so that optical path lengths do not change significantly with temperature

Jacob Snider

Original British Napoleonic P-1876 Light Cavalry Saber with Scabbard - XV Hussars dated 1796 Category_Snider Rifle Accessories FitzRoy was promoted to post-captainOriginal Item: One Only. This particular sword just came out of a very old Collection in England. The pattern 1796 Light Cavalry Saber features a blade that is wider at the tip than it is at the guard. This became known as a hatchet point and was the subject of a complaint from Napoleon Bonaparte as being too inhumane due to the grievous wounds it was capable of inflicting. It should be pointed out that the Prussians, under General BLUCHER adopted the