Original British Napoleonic P-1796 Light Dragoon Saber by Johnston - Marked to the 10th Light Dragoons Japanese Edged Weapons and is marked LEVASSEUR Op'tien

and is marked LEVASSEUR Op'tien Fabt Rouen

The steel shell is stamped 54 S A indicating Schlueter manufacture and dating from 1945

- Other miscellaneous documents

- Leather officer belt with red felt lining

The canvas measures 28" x 22

Original British Napoleonic P-1796 Light Dragoon Saber by Johnston - Marked to the 10th Light Dragoons Japanese Edged Weapons and is marked LEVASSEUR Op'tienOriginal 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