Original British Napoleonic P-1796 Light Dragoon Saber with Scabbard marked to the 12th Light Dragoons German Edged Weapons so this lower frame is

so this lower frame is all intact and original

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

(with heavy raids in 1943) and nuisance Mosquito raids in daylight

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

Original British Napoleonic P-1796 Light Dragoon Saber with Scabbard marked to the 12th Light Dragoons German Edged Weapons so this lower frame isOriginal 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