Napoleon's Mamelukes weapons.

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Originally Posted by celtan

... the Mamlukes were sort like a caste

The Mamelukes were perhaps the most fearsome warrior caste the French had ever yet encountered (Ronald Pawly).

Originally Posted by celtan

... and as such they probably wore blades of their own property...

Quoting the same author, they had highly valuable arms, which certainly they brought with them to France. However the decree embodying the Mameluke corps stated that, the French government had to provide them weapons; this meant a real arsenal issued to every man, made at Manufacture de Versailles, under Mameluke patterns: An axe, a mace, a blunderbuss, a carbine, four holstered pistols, a dagger and a scimitar ... the axe, mace and blunderbuss being more for cerimony and parade purposes

Originally Posted by celtan

...Click on the thumbs for a larger image: ...

Oh, SuperMan(uel), my amigo.
It would be such a great contribution for the forum happyness if, instead of posting links to your photo store, you would upload picture attachments to the resident server.

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