Two beauties

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Originally Posted by Paul Digard

Do you know where/who by these GG blades were made? They crop up from time to time on British military swords from Napoleonic through Victorian times. Ebay sellers are often fond of saying this means the sword is from the grenadier guards but I don't recall ever hearing what the mark actually means.

ANy info gratefully received!

Paul

All I learnt about them was that the G.G stands for Ges Gesch, a German factory that made blades, which also uses the thermometer sign on the ricasso of their blades. Of course, all this info I know comes from Jeff and Jim, who know alot more about this than I do. All the G.G blades Ive seen were on Ethiopian fittings, both sabres and broadswords.