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. Cutlass, the hilt of the cutlass consists of a half-basket guard, which is riveted to the knuckle-bow. The hilt of the cutlass is stamped on the inside with '3 M 172'. The cutlass has a brass helmet-shaped pommel. The grip is leather and the s
1861
National Maritime Museum

. German cutlass, the cutlass has a French style hilt, which consists of a knuckle-guard formed by a large, teardrop-shaped stool connected by a bar of rectangular section to the pommel. On the obverse side of the connecting bar there is a large bowl guar
1861
National Maritime Museum

. Russian S-bar hilted sword, the hilt of the sword consists of a brass knuckle-bow with a short quillon, which has an upturned disc-shaped terminal. The underside of the quillon is decorated with three lines of engraved Cyrillic script. A small brass peg
1861
National Maritime Museum

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