Original British American Revolution Incredibly Scarce Pattern 1756 Light Dragoon Saber & Scabbard as Featured in “Weapons of the American Revolution” by Warren Moore

Original Item. One-of-a-Kind. Light dragoons were established in the British Army in 1756, when a troop was authorized to be raised in each dragoon regiment, with entire regiments being converted or raised as light dragoons beginning in 1759. These light horsemen were to be armed with “a straight cutting sword, 34 in. in the blade, with a light hilt, without a basket" per the original 1756 warrant, but from period iconography of light dragoons from c.1759-1763, it can be established that most were furnished with slotted D-guards and both straight or curved blades. Before 1788, the British had no universal patterns of Cavalry saber, each regiment choosing the style it favored. This incredibly scarce example features the latter form, double-fullered and with a heavy, cast-brass slotted hilt with channeled wooden grip covered with sharkskin and twisted wire wraps. This exact example is featured on Page 132 of “Weapons of the American Revolution” by Warren Moore, the sword having come from