Original 19th Century Saxon M.1840 Faschinenmesser Pioneer Artillery Short Sword - Regimentally Marked Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets On 20 January 1943

On 20 January 1943

then onto Culcutta and through Burma to take an early convoy on the Ledo-Burma Road up to Kumming Air Base

Sterling silver bugles were very rarely awarded and only from the highest authority

Lord's body was not positively identified by the first burial crews

Original 19th Century Saxon M.1840 Faschinenmesser Pioneer Artillery Short Sword - Regimentally Marked Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets On 20 January 1943Original 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 1 2 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