Original British Napoleonic P-1796 Light Dragoon Saber with Scabbard marked to the 12th Light Dragoons German Edged Weapons A lever on the right

A lever on the right of the pistol side releases the barrel

clearly a British Soldier bring back

Some of these reached the Northern Union forces

The peak is leather with a gilt bullion braid around the visor

This is something we have not had before

Original British Napoleonic P-1796 Light Dragoon Saber with Scabbard marked to the 12th Light Dragoons German Edged Weapons A lever on the rightOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Just received out of a very old Collection in England! This historic pattern of saber is quite remarkable! Napoleon Bonaparte himself complained about the design, opining that the "hatchet point", the broadening of the blade at the very front end, constituted an "inhumane" weapon because of the horrendous wounds it inflicted. We should point out that the Prussians, under General BLCHER adopted the Saber as well and for