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▲ INFANTRY SWORD MODEL 1850 INF
Date c.1850 ANTR
Origin US
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Weight 2 ⁄2lb (1.13kg) Y
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Length 30 ⁄4in (76.8cm)
▲ CAVALRY TROOPER’S Of fairly conventional
SWORD PATTERN 1853 construction, the 1853 Pattern In the American Civil War, edged weapons
cavalry trooper’s sword equipped Single-edged such as this Model 1850 equipped most infantry
Date 1853
British heavy cavalry in the blade officers on the Union side. Its single-edged
Origin UK
Crimean War and during blade is slightly curved, and the leather grip
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Three-bar Weight 2 ⁄2lb (1.13kg) some of Britain’s subsequent is wrapped in twisted brass wire. AND CA V ALR
steel hilt
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Length 3 ⁄2ft (1m) colonial campaigns.
Single-edged blade with Y SW
short, sharpened section
▲ LIGHT CAVALRY SABER The Model 1860 Light cavalry on back edge of blade
MODEL 1860 saber was an effective thrusting
Date c.1860 and hacking weapon for the
cavalry in the American Civil ORDS
Origin US War. It was a lighter version
Weight 3lb (1.36kg) of the 1840 saber. Curved, single-edged
blade
Length 35in (90cm) AND BA

Serrated edge for Y
sawing wood Conventional bayonet blade
ONETS

◀ MLE 1866 This bayonet is from the Chassepot ▲ PATTERN 1869 The Elcho bayonets, with
CHASSEPOT BAYONET breech-loading rifle that armed the TRIALS BAYONET their broad blade end, were
Date 1866 French during the Franco-Prussian Date 1869 considered too ungainly, and
War of 1870–71. The recurved were not taken up as an official
Origin France yataghan-style blade influenced many Origin UK model. This earlier design with
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Weight 27 ⁄4oz (760g) European and American designs. Weight 22 ⁄2oz (640g) a narrower blade had also failed
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Length 27 ⁄2in (70cm) Length 25in (64.2cm) to impress the authorities.
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Serrated edge for
sawing wood

▼ PATTERN 1871 Lord Elcho designed this bayonet
ELCHO BAYONET to go with the Martini-Henry
Date 1871 rifle. Elcho extended the
bayonet’s range of tasks to
Origin UK include those of hacking down
Locking bolt Weight 23oz (650g) brush and sawing wood. Broad end of blade for
spring chopping purposes
Length 25in (64cm)