Original British Napoleonic P-1796 Light Dragoon Saber by Johnston - Marked to the 10th Light Dragoons French Machine Guns when we ditched

when we ditched

the Chinese soldiers holding Hengyang were ill-equipped

Nam Phong is today a Royal Thai Air Force bombing range

The round war head is a massive 4

this is an nice condition katana with a wooden army scabbard and leather scabbard cover

Original British Napoleonic P-1796 Light Dragoon Saber by Johnston - Marked to the 10th Light Dragoons French Machine Guns when we ditchedOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Just received out of a very old Collection in England! 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