Description
Sling Swivel
It features a 1/2" double sided blade marked on one side POR EL REY CARLOS III and dated 1777 on the other
and a fabulous post-war lafette tripod
It has matching numbers on the block
these Catchers were mostly used in conjunction with the 100 round drums
French Heavy Cavalry 18th Century Sword Scabbard Ancient Sling SwivelNew Made Item: Old New Stock, made in the early 1990s, these are "old vintage" Reproductions of the very rare early model Brass Cuirassier Heavy Cavalry straight Bladed Sword Scabbards with windows showing the leather covered wood linings. Originally in use before the French Revolution these very decorative but rather delicate scabbards were superseded for combat use with the more common all steel variety. These early style scabbards however were