Posted: 5/8/2014 7:16:56 AM EDT
I have what I believe is an 1834 Sabre Briquet similar to this:
I believe it's the type that was carried by the Italian Carabinieri between 1834 and 1944. The ricasso is marked "SFG" like shown below: I believe the SFG marking is a manufacturers marking. Does anyone have any knowledge on this? There are also two small "MA" markings - on the ricasso and another on the hilt which I believe are inspector markings. 
(These are not the actual images of the sword, but are representative of what I have) |
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Sold a sword collection for a retiring collector and he had 3 of these, he listed them as French artillery sabers (can't remember the dates of manufacture) and the were all marked as yours is. Brought around $750 for the set as I recall. The Sabre Briquet was a popular style of sword. It started out with the French in the early 19th century, but then other countries adopted them. The Napoleonic briquets were a slightly different style than this one. As best as I can tell, this is an 1834 model. There aren't many markings on it, so I was hoping that I could narrow its origin down by figuring out the SFG marking on the blade. In the lower right of this pic is an 1834 model - used by the Italian Carabinieri at the time. They used the briquet until 1944 which led me to think that this was most likely from that area. 
These two fellas here have a couple of briquets as well. They would have been an earlier and slightly different design from the 1834 model. 
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That is very similar to the swords that privates and sergeants in my old regiment carry on guard duty at the royals palaces. I know the swords are French from the 1800, and were captured in some battle. http://www.havnens-vin.dk/images/thumbs/0002516.jpg http://b.bimg.dk/node-images/773/3/800x600-u/3773955-livgarden_galla_brian_bergmannjpg.jpg That's the classic model of the early French briquet. I wouldn't be surprised if it was captured during Denmark's tussle with the French during the Napoleonic wars - the timeframe for both would match up. |
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Whoa - mind blown. I picked this up at an antique shop in the UK. I may be completely off on this then. Quoted:
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Scots Fusilier Guard marked their equipment with SFG. Whoa - mind blown. I picked this up at an antique shop in the UK. I may be completely off on this then. Could be captured. |
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Scots Fusilier Guard marked their equipment with SFG. Whoa - mind blown. I picked this up at an antique shop in the UK. I may be completely off on this then. Could be captured. That was my initial thought - that it was a Italian war trophy brought back after WWII. I'm having a hard time finding out any more info on the SFG marking. I'm sure that there's some Big Book O' Swords that would tell me, but I'm not that curious. |