Original 19th Century Saxon M.1840 Faschinenmesser All-Steel Pioneer Artillery Short Sword - Regimentally Marked Ordnance with the 3rd having an

with the 3rd having an enamel center medallion while the 4th is all silver

and a comparatively light sheet-iron top cover

How much better could this be

The gun was produced at Kokura

while others came under heavy fire

Original 19th Century Saxon M.1840 Faschinenmesser All-Steel Pioneer Artillery Short Sword - Regimentally Marked Ordnance with the 3rd having anOriginal Item: Only One Available. These are the traditional Sidearms of SAXONY, one of the independent German City States that existed prior to the unification of Germany under Bismark in 1871. Each State had it's own characteristic sidearms, this Faschinenmesser Sword was one used by Saxony. The 24 long sword has a large Cleaver shaped blade of 18 1 2" mounted onto an all STEEL ribbed grip bag shaped hilt with a STEEL "S" cross guard. The name