What a great sword you have Cel7. Lovely curved blade with that clipped point. Or what the French call a 'carp's tongue'.
Going by the blade shape, features, and the lion or dog head pommel, this is not a British officer's sword. Importantly it doesn't have the GR cypher on the blade, which combined with the other features rules out British in my opinion.
My vote would be German states, Switzerland or further east, the link Jim posted is a very real possibility too.
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Originally Posted by Jim McDougall
The rose on the blade spine is interesting and is of course European, but not certain Solingen necessarily. Keep in mind that the Solingen shops adopted many names, markings, and affectations from other places which were added spuriously, often presenting difficulty in proper identifications.
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Going by the Rose, the cartouch on the ricasso and the trophy of arms this is almost certainly a Solingen-made blade, late 18th Cent to very early 19th Cent.