Original British American Revolution Incredibly Scarce Pattern 1759 Light Dragoon Saber & Scabbard by Nathaniel Jeffries of London British Field Gear 252 from Enfield 10th June

252 from Enfield 10th June 1897 (Indian Contract)

The scabbard shell on this example really is a beauty

Mützenfabrikant

All Argentine Mausers made after this point were DWM marked

Original British American Revolution Incredibly Scarce Pattern 1759 Light Dragoon Saber & Scabbard by Nathaniel Jeffries of London British Field Gear 252 from Enfield 10th JuneOriginal Item. One of a Kind. Light dragoons were established in the British Army in 1756, when a troop was authorized to be raised in each dragoon regiment, with entire regiments being converted or raised as light dragoons beginning in 1759. These light horsemen were to be armed with a straight cutting sword, 34 in. in the blade, with a light hilt, without a basket" per the original 1756 warrant, but from period iconography of light dragoons from c.