"Prussian Cuirassier Pallasch M1732" Topic
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| Snowcat | 03 Mar 2015 3:25 a.m. PST |
Prussian Cuirassier Pallasch M1732
Total Length 1115mm (43.89 inches)
Blade length: 935mm (36.8 inches)
Blade width: 40mm (1.57 inches) Can anyone please confirm if this is correct? If it is, and I have no real reason to doubt it, she's quite a monster of a sword, and depicted too short in many illustrations. :) Cheers |
| Musketier | 03 Mar 2015 7:25 a.m. PST |
Looks right to me – these were no dress swords but the real thing! They would need to be hitched up when the cuirassier dismounted, so as not to trail on the ground. |
| Snowcat | 03 Mar 2015 2:10 p.m. PST |
And yet in lots of pictures, eg Osprey art, the pommel's at the hip, but the scabbard ends (vertically) a good six inches above the ground. They must be 7-footers, those cuirassier fellas! ;) |
| crogge1757 | 04 Mar 2015 2:54 p.m. PST |
Well, it's all giant Pommeranians, didn't you know :-). 7 foot was average height for these folks – as per the saying. |
| Snowcat | 04 Mar 2015 5:24 p.m. PST |
Indeed! :) I found a few more references/surviving examples of both M1732 & M1742 cuirassier pallasch: Another M1732, total length: 108 cm, 42.5 inches.
An M1742, blade length: 37 inches (94 cm).
According to Osprey's 'Rossbach & Leuthen' p.84, Prussian cuirassier pallasch 42 inches long vs Austrian 36 inches. Similarly, Prussian M1732 dragoon pallasch, blade length: 93 cm, hilt length: 16 cm. So everything is in the 42-44 inches total length range. Cheers |
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