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NAPOLEONIC FRENCH AN XI CUIRASSIER HEAVY CAVALRY SWORD USED BY GRAND ARMEE 1810
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NAPOLEONIC FRENCH AN XI CUIRASSIER HEAVY CAVALRY SWORD USED BY THE GRAND ARMEE, NAPOLEON'S ELITE FORCES. THE BLADE IS NOT MARKED ON THE SPINE, SCABBARD HAS REGIMENT NUMBERS ON IT. SOME MARKINGS ON THE BLADE AND ON THE HILT. SEE PHOTOS. CA 1800-1814French An XI Cuirassier Heavy Cavalry Sword Grand Armée
Trooper's sword for the Cuirassier of the Napoléon Grande Armée - Model An XI-
An emblematic sword of the Napoleonic period, for the tall and fierce cuirassier of the Napoléon Grande Armée.
The cuirassiers could turn a battle with their sheer weight and brute force. They looked dangerous everytime they ventured forward and the generals never employed them frivolously...
... Cuirassiers did wear a helmet made of steel with brass comb and a black horse mane (for trumpeters red or white mane), plus a cuirass with front and back plates made of steel.