The Pattern 1796 heavy cavalry sword was the straight-bladed military sword used by the British heavy cavalry, and King's German Legion Dragoons, through most of the period of the Revolutionary and Na
Sergeant Charles Ewart of the Scots Greys at Waterloo, wielding the 1796 pattern sword as he captures the eagle of the 45e Ligne
British Pattern 1796 heavy cavalry trooper's sword
Hilt of British pattern 1796 heavy cavalry officers sword
Hilt of Pattern 1796 heavy cavalry officer's dress sword
The Pattern 1796 light cavalry sabre is a sword that was used primarily by British light dragoons and hussars, and King's German Legion light cavalry during the Napoleonic Wars. It was adopted by the
Pattern 1796 heavy cavalry sword
…it later received an iron scabbard (1775), in which form it was adopted by the British). John Le Marchant, a cavalry officer who designed the curved 1796 pattern light cavalry sabre, undoubtedly saw the Austrian weapon in use during the Low Countries Campaign of 1793-95, when he also made many drawings of Austrian cavalry equipment…
An officer's 1796 Pattern Light Cavalry fighting sabre by J. Johnston, Newcastle Street, The Strand, London. Note the characteristic increase in blade width near to the point. The scabbard has lost its suspension rings.
An officer's 1796 Pattern Light Cavalry fighting sabre - belonging to William Tomkinson of the 16th Light Dragoons; the sword shows evidence of having been ground down in the quarter of the blade nearest the point - possibly due to damage to the edge - it no longer exhibits the increase in blade width near to the point
Hilt of an officer's fighting 1796 LC pattern sabre. The unusual square langets (most are rounded or shield-shaped) is a characteristic of the sabres made by the London sword cutler J. Johnston
Light cavalry of the King's German Legion in 1813, all armed with the 1796 sabre