Help with ID on 1700s Era British Dragoons Sword

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Adam Andrew

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Hello everyone, I'm new to swords so please excuse my lack of knowledge.

Anyhow, i was cleaning out a relatives house and came up with the sword in the photo. I spent considerable time on Google and came up with this listing with a very similar sword: https://www.gunstar.co.uk/circa-1750-napoleonic-british-dragoons-sword-by-harvey-sword/Blades/502241

From what I gather it's from the mid 1700s. It is complete with the scabbard (which is also 100% intact) and the engravings on the sword seem to show almost no wear. It's even still sharp enough to cut!

Does anyone have any more information or feedback on this piece (more specific details or what it might be worth)?

Thanks in advance for any assistance. See more pictures (album) here: https://ibb.co/album/eUuRaa

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Makes sense, I guess that site selling the very similar sword i found mis-identified it as a British Dragoons Sword!
 
Most boards will dissuade discussions regarding value. There are appraisal services on the net.

Just a few examples shown in this discussion.
http://www.swordforum.com/vb4/showthread.php?116165-Basket-Hilts

The listings above regarding some as British dragoon swords are generated by two fellows that pretty much know where of they speak.

As an aside, the British p1796 shown in post #2 is a sword from half a century after Culloden. Cavalry on both sides of that battle used basket hilts.

Baskets are not my study but I'll look in Neumann's Swords and Blades of the American Revolution page after page are examples of British horseman's basket hilts. The linked thread at SFI a pretty good read and a few of the participants the most studied on the subject.

Cheers
GC
 
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Thanks so much for the information. That is a very interesting thread! More Photos: https://ibb.co/album/jFwa1F

I also found it interesting that the roman numeral 2 is imprinted in 3 places, twice on the scabbard and once on the pommel:

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See second "II" stamp on top:

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