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)."