American/European Hunting Sword For Comment

[Amuk Murugul]

Originally Posted by Lew

I am posting this for a friend who just picked this up from a well known dealer. The dealer claims this sword is circa 1770? Comments welcome.

Hullo Lew,

..... it brings to mind a cross between a European hunting shortsword of the 1700's-1800's and an 1870's infantry shortsword.....

Here are some links which may be of use:
http://www.antiquefirearms.com/pages/821.htm
http://www.painemilitaryantiques.com/catagory/swords/
http://swordlinks.com/courtswords/p29.html
http://historica-arma.de/4.html

Best,