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The Model 1913 Cavalry Sword, commonly referred to as the Patton Saber, was a cavalry sword designed for the U.S. Army by Second Lieutenant (later General) George S. Patton Jr. in 1913. Patton suggested the revision from a curved cutting sword to a straight thrusting sword style of attack, following his extensive training in France.
They had three children, Beatrice Smith (born March 1911), Ruth Ellen (born February 1915), and George Patton IV (born December 1923). [19] Patton's wife Beatrice died on 30 September 1953, from a ruptured aneurysm [ 20 ] after falling while riding her horse in a hunt with her brother and others at the Myopia Hunt Club in South Hamilton ...
In addition to an M1911 pistol, mounted Marines were the last American military unit to actually use the Model 1913 Cavalry Saber. When disbanded on 20 February 1938 following outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War the detachment had grown to 32 men armed with eight Browning Automatic Rifles , three Thompson submachine guns , twenty M1903 ...
Model 1812/13 Starr Cavalry Saber; Model 1818 Starr Cavalry Saber; Model 1833 Dragoon Saber; Model 1840 Heavy Cavalry Saber; Model 1860 Light Cavalry Saber; Model 1872 Light Cavalry Saber; Model 1906 Light Cavalry Saber; Model 1913 "Patton" Cavalry Saber; Model 1832 Army Foot Officers' Sword; Model 1832 Army General & Staff Officers' Sword
The Pattern 1908 cavalry trooper's sword (and the 1912 Pattern, the equivalent for officers) was the last service sword issued to the cavalry of the British Army. It has been called [ 3 ] [ 4 ] the most effective cavalry sword ever designed, although its introduction occurred as swords finally became obsolete as military weapons.
A sabre or (American English) saber (/ ˈ s eɪ b ər / SAY-bər) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the early modern and Napoleonic periods. Originally associated with Central European cavalry such as the hussars , the sabre became widespread in Western Europe during the Thirty Years' War .
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The original Sword of State of South Carolina (early 18th century) was used from 1704 to 1941, when it was stolen. [62] [63] A replacement Sword of State of South Carolina (1800) was used between 1941 and 1951. It was a cavalry sword from the Charleston Museum and was used in the War of 1812 and the American Civil War. [62]