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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 3719133, member: 2844&quot;]Very nice ring. Could it be regiment related?</p><p><br /></p><p>Those are sabres, the Polish had them too. The basket hilts on Scottish broadswords are much more elaborate and hefty.</p><p><br /></p><p>Polish cavalry sabre:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.startpage.com/av/proxy-image?piurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.antiques.com%2Fvendor_item_images%2Fori_1910_282852144_1139373_polish_sword_12.jpg&amp;sp=1614697829Ta889536199034b9f4864cd1cf2580c54dfc1a994235ab20775fd1203a48b7100" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://www.antiques.com/classified/Antiques/Antique-Arms-and-Armor/Antique-SOLD-Antique-Polish-Cavalry-Sword-Sabre-late-18th---early-19th-century" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.antiques.com/classified/Antiques/Antique-Arms-and-Armor/Antique-SOLD-Antique-Polish-Cavalry-Sword-Sabre-late-18th---early-19th-century" rel="nofollow">http://www.antiques.com/classified/Antiques/Antique-Arms-and-Armor/Antique-SOLD-Antique-Polish-Cavalry-Sword-Sabre-late-18th---early-19th-century</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Info on the difference between Scottish claymores and Scottish basket hilted broadswords, the terms often lead to confusion:</p><p><a href="https://slaintescotland.com/2016/02/13/is-it-a-claymore-or-a-scottish-basket-hilted-broadsword/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://slaintescotland.com/2016/02/13/is-it-a-claymore-or-a-scottish-basket-hilted-broadsword/" rel="nofollow">https://slaintescotland.com/2016/02/13/is-it-a-claymore-or-a-scottish-basket-hilted-broadsword/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Left Scottish basket hilted broadsword, right claymore:</p><p><img src="https://fh-sites.imgix.net/sites/1286/2016/02/04151534/6f43b5263fbba79c5962514b85d34738_XL.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1000&amp;h=1000&amp;fit=max" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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