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Old 19th October 2025, 01:01 AM   #10
Radboud
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Originally Posted by werecow View Post
Are there any confirmed French-made examples of the M1679? If so, how do they differ from the Amsterdam town guard Walloons, if at all? I've been looking for pictures.
This is the problem: I'm not aware of any evidence that there even was a m1679 pattern sword. All we have is a single quote from King Louis XIV wanting an improved sword for the cavalry...

I believe that the French author Christian Aries was the first to connect the 'Amsterdam' sword with that quote, and subsequent authors just followed along without adding any evidence of their own.
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