Original 19th Century Saxon M.1840 Faschinenmesser All-Steel Pioneer Artillery Short Sword with Scabbard U.S. Ammo In heavy black finish

In heavy black finish

until it was replaced by the L1A1 SLR in the late 1950s

GALLEY (AIRCRAFT)

and makes a fantastic display

Original 19th Century Saxon M.1840 Faschinenmesser All-Steel Pioneer Artillery Short Sword with Scabbard U.S. Ammo In heavy black finishOriginal 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 Bismark in 1871. Each State had it's 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 STEEL ribbed grip bag shaped hilt with a STEEL "S" cross guard. The name