Original Napoleonic Wars British Infantry Sword of the Devonshire Militia P-1853 Enfield then Southern France

then Southern France

Small in 1914 means pipsqueak in 2012

secured by a sliding latch

Only one problem was with this type of shashka that during rain water could go down into the scabbard

Original Napoleonic Wars British Infantry Sword of the Devonshire Militia P-1853 Enfield then Southern FranceOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a most interesting sidearm, issued during the period of National panic that Napoleon and his hordes threatened to invade England. The great Naval Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 pretty much ensured that Napoleon's Invasion would never happen but Great Britain maintained its County militias for many more years until Napoleon's final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. This example is from Devonshire on