German (Prussian) M 1811 Heavy Cavalry (HC) troopers "Blucher "sword. Unit marked to the Bavarian Mounted Train Abteilung.

German (Prussian) Heavy Cavalry (HC) troopers sword M 1811. Blücher sword. Superb curved fullered bright finished heavy blade. Intact leather washer. Blade spine is Arsenal numbered: 754. Excellent bright finished steel hilt with stirrup hand guard and forward swept quillon. Final is marked : P.  Crossguard is Bavarian unit marked:  B. T. 4. 15. (= Bavarian Mounted Train Abteilung. 4 Squardron. Weapon 15. ) and the arsenal number: 754 K 1.  Excellent ribbed wooden grip with 16 ribs, covered with black horse leather. Sword knot slit in top of the very heavy steel stirrup hand guard. Back of the hilt with ears and a steel pin. Steel crossguard with langets on both sides. Left lanquet is marked with two crossed out unit markings:  3. L. W. R. (= ? ) and 1. E. over 37. (= First Etappe Regiment, Weapon 37 ). Top of the guard is stamped with a Gothic inspection marking over 762       
Excellent all steel scabbard with a another unit marking:  R. P. D. 1. 70.(= Reserve Pferde-Depot (Reserve Horse depot ) First Squardron. Weapon 70.) Two loose hanging rings. First band is marked with an arsenal number: 288  K 2.  Drag is maker marked : S & K (= Schnitzler & Kirschbaum - Solingen).and FCK. on the reverse side. User spurs only but no serious dents to the scabbard.
Length: 96 cm. Width at the ricasso: 3,9 cm. Total weight, incl scabbard : 2,2 kg! A beast of a sword!

Very impressive and heavy German (Napoleonic era) troopers sword. These swords were adopted by the Prussian Heavy Cavalry in 1814 and are very similar, almost identical to the English pattern M 1796 Light Cavalry troopers sword, but are more heavy and sturdier. This feared sword became known as "The Blücher sword" named to the popular German Fieldmarshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher after the Battle of Leipzig in 1813 against the army of the French empire Napoleon Bonaparte. These swords were also used during the final battle on the battle field of Waterloo in 1815 and were carried by the Prussian Hussars, Dragoons, Lancers and Horse artillery a.o.! 
The M 1811 HC troopers sword was adopted in 1814 and replaced in 1848.

An important sword with a great history in an Excellent condition!

(Note: Trein=Train=Tros means: Mounted division, responsable for the transportation of war equipment in the front line: (Hospital tents, field kitchens, bakeries, butcheries, ammunition etc.) A very dangerous job!.) 

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