19th Century Sword Found in Knife-Amnesty Bin

[jnperrings]

Some history buff spotted a 19th Century Royal Navy Officer's Sword in a knife-amnesty bin before it went into the crusher. Dated between 1827 and 1845.

http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART39397.html

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[Merek]

Arrgh! I HATE this &%$#*!!! 1 of a million.
Reminds me of this picture of soon to be destroyed Japanese blades collected after the War....

Waste....waste.....waste......:barf:

 

[Rat Finkenstein]

The only thing stupider than those anti-knife Nazis are the ignorant sheep who willingly turn in valuable items.

 

[FullerH]

I cross-posted this over in SwordForums' Military and Antique Sword Forum as I thought that they would find it "interesting."

 

[FullerH]

Here is the link if anyone wants to read it:
http://forums.swordforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=70867