Is this Assam Rifles sword based on a European design?

Jim McDougall · 13th February 2016, 04:57 PM

[QUOTE=Andreas]The French also had a colony near Assam, Chandernagore (today Chandannagar)
in West Bengal.
Andreas[/QUOTe

Thank you Andreas! That is what I was looking for, but all the French colonial activity I could find in India was down further in Pondicherry etc.
The much nearer geographic location with this brings greater plausibility to the association between French arms and this unit.

13th February 2016, 04:57 PM	#1
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,595	[QUOTE=Andreas]The French also had a colony near Assam, Chandernagore (today Chandannagar) in West Bengal. Andreas[/QUOTe Thank you Andreas! That is what I was looking for, but all the French colonial activity I could find in India was down further in Pondicherry etc. The much nearer geographic location with this brings greater plausibility to the association between French arms and this unit.