Looking for an ID for this sword

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Ryker411

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Hello,
I am looking for identification on this (two pics)
I am sure this is pretty common but I do not have any idea and have searched images on the web but gave up when my eyes grew sore.
This belonged to my father and I remember it when I was a kid and recently found it in the garage.
Sentimental value and I would like to know something about it. Country, era and or war?




D140 you can see in the picture and on the back looks like a 4311? serial number.

Any help would be great and thank you in advance.
 
By the looks of the sheath, i'd say the period was late Victorian or early Edwardian, perhaps used during the 1st World War. The hilt actually reminds me of a Bayonet like the one pictured below:

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It is a Spanish model 1881 artillery sword, made by the state owned Fabrica de Toledo.

n2s
 
Nice one N2sharp, that's some knowledge you have there mate... I'm just chuffed i got the period right :)
 
Wow!
I would have a never thought. I started going through countries and Spain was not on my list.... I do appreciate your help sharing your knowledge.

Thank you!
 
Thank you.
Rookie knife maker to say the least. Very excited to check out this forum. It will take some time just to get navigation down....
 
not2sharp, is that a Yaghatan style blade, or however it's spelled, and if so what was the purpose of the little "sway" in it anyway? i've always wondered.
 
kaotikross said:
not2sharp, is that a Yaghatan style blade, or however it's spelled, and if so what was the purpose of the little "sway" in it anyway? i've always wondered.
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Yes, that is a yataghan style blade, of the style commonly used by most major countries (France, Great Britain, Germany, U.S., Japan, Turkey, and just about everyone else) during the mid to late 19th century for their bayonets. The design offered plenty of slashing/cutting edge while retaining a stabbing point. Originally the yataghan swords would have been frequently used from horseback and the design is believed to have helped the rider retain and extract the sword as he rode by. As a bayonet, its was intended to stop horse mounted cavalry, the blade length was determined by the need to penetrate deeply enough to strike a horses vitals.

n2s
 
TY Not2sharp!! (Y). I kinda figured the design may have aided the drawing of it, but the part about being capable of horse killing, that was an eye opener. I'm sure i'm not alone in having romanticized notions about war in bygone eras, like the fact that they tried NOT to kill the horses, but now that i think about it, killing the mount makes perfect sense. the horse will fall, rendering the tactical advantage nullified, when it falls it may injure the rider, etc.
 
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