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1760-1800 British Navy Boarding Cutlass SWORD King George 111

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1760-1800 British Navy Boarding Cutlass SWORD King George 111
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1760-1800 British Navy Boarding Cutlass SWORD King George 111

Surviving weapons from this period have blades measuring 25–28.5 inches . This
one is 28.5 inches in length .
By the middle of the century advances in steel-making, such as the use of drop
forging, had reduced the cost of the material and the Royal Navy adopted the steel
hilt. In naval service the hilt was often painted black for corrosion protection.

This example has the earlier straight straight blade with cylindrical grip that would
later be replaced with a contoured and ribbed grip.
This pattern would have been issued in the Anglo-Dutch Wars, The Revolutionary
War and the Napoleonic War.

This early pattern is a very rare survivor and would be a great addition to any
collection of Naval historical artifacts..

Late 18th-century cutlass with double-disc hand-guard and tubular grip. .
From around the middle of the century the Board of Ordnance favoured the double
disc cutlass hilt. This most likely originated with weapons supplied by Thomas
Hollier of Whitechapel who sold 1,000 cutlasses to the board in 1726.
The hilt featured a circle of metal above the hand as a crossguard and another circle
as a knuckle guard.

This straight blade Cutlass shows pitting but is still sharp !!

Has the cypher of Crown over ER on one side of blade - Crown is quite worn but just
visable while the ER is very bold.
In heraldry, the cypher is a device that combines the initials of the monarch with their
title. This rendering combines George III’s first initial G with R, an abbreviation of Rex
which is the Latin word for king.