Ooops! meant to say, was Re: Patton's sword & belaying pin, was Re: [TML] What if the cutlass is not a cutlass?
Phil Pugliese 01 May 2017 22:21 UTC
Ooops!
I meant to say, "Thanks, Bruce!".
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On Mon, 5/1/17, Bruce Johnson <xxxxxx@Pharmacy.Arizona.EDU> wrote:
Subject: Re: Patton's sword & belaying pin, was Re: [TML] What if the cutlass is not a cutlass?
To: "xxxxxx@simplelists.com" <xxxxxx@simplelists.com>
Date: Monday, May 1, 2017, 2:54 PM
> On May 1,
2017, at 2:23 PM, Fred Kiesche <xxxxxx@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Well, it
appears that my attempt at showing history with a picture
dud not work, so here's my text:
Got stuck in the approval queue.
Here’s an article about the
relevant sabre. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_1913_Cavalry_Saber>
>
>
"My mother has my (paternal) grandfather's US Cav
sword, which we can see him holding (from the front) in a
1918 picture of his unit. It is curved, not straight.
I'll try embedding the image below (not sure if the list
will accept that?) (He is fourth from the left)."