Original Early Prussian NCO Sidearm circa 1740 with Later Family Document Dated 1795 MP 44 probably indicating Officer use

probably indicating Officer use

Browne came up with the idea of wearing a second belt which went over his right shoulder and held the scabbard in just the spot he wanted

Marked and WWII Dated

almost solid armored barrel shroud

TATHAM & EGG started business at 37 Charring Cross Road in London in 1760 and this lasted until 1800 when HENRY TATHAM struck out on his own

Original Early Prussian NCO Sidearm circa 1740 with Later Family Document Dated 1795 MP 44 probably indicating Officer useOriginal Items: One of a Kind Set. This came to us from a German family who insisted that their ancestor had been initially a trooper and later an N. C. O., in King FREDERICK the GREAT'S army starting in the 1750's or 1760's and retiring only after many years service, by then in the service of Frederick the Great's successor, his nephew, KING FREDERICK WILHELM II of Prussia who reigned until 1797. The sidearm, a brass hilted short sword, almost a