Belgian Officer's Smallsword : 2nd General Model
Data
| Period1 | Belgium Leopold I's reign | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Min/Max date1 | 1845-01-31 - 1911-09-19 | Location(cntry)1 | Belgium |
| Origin1 | Belgium | Location(detail)1 | Brussels |
| Sword type1 | Smallsword | Displayed at1 | -- |
| Corps1 | Infantry | Reference1 | -- |
| Outfit1 | Translator | ||
| Owner1 | His godchild | ||
| Guard type1 | 4 bars | Provenance1 | |
| Quillions1 | 0 | Provenance(detail)1 | |
| Hilt type1 | Double shell | Original owner1 | -- |
| Grip form1 | Elliptical flat | ||
| Pommmel type1 | Folliage | Condition1 | Very Good |
| Blade type1 | Straight | ||
| Edge1 | Double edged | ||
| Fuller1 | 0 | Information date | 2015-03-01 |
| Information source | 1 Author |
| Sword | Blade | Scabbard | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max length(cm/In)1 | 99.7 | 39.25 | 83.7 | 32.95 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| Max width(cm/In)1 | 11.90 | 4.69 | 2.21 | 0.87 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Max thickness(cm/In)1 | 6.30 | 2.48 | 0.46 | 0.18 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Curvature(cm/In)1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| Width at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 1.60 | 0.63 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Thickness at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.31 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Width at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 1.71 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Thickness at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.41 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Section at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | Flat. Diamond | |||
| Section at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | Flat. Diamond | |||
| Weight(kg/lb+oz)1 | 0.72 | 1lb 9oz | -- | -- | 0.00 | 0lb 0oz |
| Information source | 1 Author | |||||
| Hilt | Blade | Scabbard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Materials1 | Horn (brown) | Steel | -- |
| Bronze | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Features1 | Flowers | Gilding | -- |
| Folliage | Lion | -- | |
| Lion and Shield | Crown | -- | |
| Laurel leaves | Floral design | -- | |
| Oak leaves | Trophy of arms | -- | |
| -- | 40 mm ricasso | -- | |
| Marks1 | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Hilt inscription1 | L for Leopold | ||
| Blade inscription1 | -- | ||
| Scabbard inscription1 | -- | ||
| Information source | 1 Author | ||
According to family lore, this sword belonged to Beaudouin Machiels, translator in the Belgian army at the beginning of the 20th Century.
However, this is not coherent with the information I could find regarding the sword type, as it is related to Leopold's reign, which ended in December 1865.
However, this is not coherent with the information I could find regarding the sword type, as it is related to Leopold's reign, which ended in December 1865.
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