Dutch Marine boarding sword M 1818 No.2 (JP 74-3)

"Nederlands scheepssabel No.2, M 1818 "/ Dutch M 1818 Marine boarding sword No.2. Excellent bright finished curved fullered heavy blade. 
Excellent one piece cast brass hilt with a single hand guard and a guillon with a short ball shaped finial. Ribbed grip. Right crossguard is stamped with a small Navy anchor. The hand guard is marked with a Dutch inspection marking: NS. 
Total length: 81,5 cm. Blade length:  68 cm. Width at the ricasso: 2,9 cm.

The Dutch  M 1818 No.2 Marine boarding sword was a Dutch assembled M 1803 French briquet. It differs from the Dutch M 1819 infantry short sword in details. It has a curved fullered heavy blade and not a plain straight blade. There is no acorn final on the guillon. 
These are quite rare and hard to find.

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