Original 19th Century Unit Marked Saxon M.1840 Faschinenmesser Pioneer Artillery Short Sword Untouched Antique Guns A tremendous and rare sword

A tremendous and rare sword here

With a little work the tripod would make a good candidate for a registered shooter

with the buckle heavily rusted from age

with no tears

A BIG MASSIVE STREAMLINED HUNTING KNIFE

Original 19th Century Unit Marked Saxon M.1840 Faschinenmesser Pioneer Artillery Short Sword Untouched Antique Guns A tremendous and rare swordOriginal 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 Bismarck in 1871. Each State had its 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 brass ribbed grip bag shaped hilt with a brass "S" cross guard. The name