#British Indian Artillery Saber

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USS British Indian Artillery Saber

An iconic sword of the British military during WW1 and the conflict at the North West Frontier in India, this saber was issued to the British Mountain Artillery and the British Indian Army’s Mountain Artillery regiments. Introduced in 1896, the #patternsaber saw service throughout WW1. The sweeping blade shows some influence from the wide, hatchet-point 1796 light cavalry saber – a form that ensures that the sword bites deep and widens a wound considerably as it passes through a target.

The blade of this replica is crafted from tempered 1055 high carbon steel which is stoutly mounted into a finely cast brass hilt. The #militarysword is paired with a leather scabbard which is adorned with a brass chape and locket to complete the sword.

Overall Length: 36" Blade Length: 30 1/2" Weight: 2 lbs 13 oz Blade Edge: Unsharpened

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Fiddler’s Green

I recently posted a post about some of my Cavalry buddies that had gone on to Fiddler’s Green.  I just thought that some of you would like to know what Fiddler’s Green is.  I went to the 1st Cavalry Association and pulled this off of their website.

Background

Fiddler’s Green is a legendary imagined afterlife, where there is perpetual mirth, a fiddle that never stops playing, and dancers who never tire. Its origins are obscure, although some point to the Greek myth of the “Elysian Fields” as a potential inspiration. In general, historical data, referencing Fiddler’s Green refers to both the sailor’s and cavalry’s paradise. The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition (OED2) has a citation from 1825 as the sailor’s paradise. Since the 19th century, British sailors have called the traditional heaven of mariners Fiddler’s Green, “a place of unlimited rum and tobacco.”

Many believe that the origin and author of Fiddler’s Green may have originated by the 5th Royal Irish Lancers who trace their origin back to 1689 when a cavalry formation known as Wynne’s Regiment of Enniskillen Dragoons was formed by the then governor James Wynne. Although there no evidence that the Irish Lancers appropriated the paradise and incorporated it into a poem that emigrated to the US with its members, or whether the paradise and poem are of US origin.

The cavalry paradise reference seems to be associated with the 7th US Cavalry from the post Civil War era and the Indian Wars period (circa 1860-1870). Now, there is a link between the 7th US Cavalry and Ireland. Many Troopers of the 7th Cavalry were of Irish origin, and the 7th Cavalry’s own insignia has the phrase “Garryowen” on it. “Garryowen” is a derivative of the Irish Gaelic Garraí Eóin which means Owen’s Garden. Owen’s Garden was a commons (open field) in Limerick, Ireland that gave rise to a drinking ballad of the same name. The 5th Royal Irish Lances, an Irish cavalry unit, used that drinking ballad.

The story of Fiddler’s Green was first published in the 1923 volume of the Cavalry Journal. According to this article, it was inspired by a story told by Captain “Sammy” Pearson at a campfire in the Medicine Bow Mountains of Wyoming. Common usage also seems to hold this view. as included in John Connally’s (Ireland) song from circa 1960 and the Stereophonic’s (Welsh Band) song from late 1990’s. Fiddler’s Green is listed sometimes as a poem and other times as a cavalry prayer.

It is still used by modern cavalry units to memorialize the deceased. The name has had other military uses. Fiddler’s Green was an artillery Fire Support Base in Military Region III in Vietnam in 1972 occupied principally by elements of 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry. More recently, in the heart of the Helmand River Valley, in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, the US Marine Corps operated a firebase (FB) named Fiddler’s Green.

There’s also a poem that goes with this as well:

Halfway down the trail to Hell, In a shady meadow green Are the Souls of all dead Troopers camped, Near a good old-time canteen. And this eternal resting place Is known as Fiddlers’ Green.

Marching past, straight through to Hell The Infantry are seen. Accompanied by the Engineers, Artillery and Marines, For none but the shades of Cavalrymen Dismount at Fiddlers’ Green.

Though some go curving down the trail To seek a warmer scene. No Trooper ever gets to Hell Ere he’s emptied his canteen. And so rides back to drink again With friends at Fiddlers’ Green.

And so when man and horse go down Beneath a saber keen, Or in a roaring charge of fierce melee You stop a bullet clean, And the hostiles come to get your scalp, Just empty your canteen, And put your pistol to your head And go to Fiddlers’ Green.

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Universal Swords – British / Indian 1896 Mountain Artillery Saber

An iconic sword of the British military during WW1 and the conflict at the North West Frontier in India, this saber was issued to the British Mountain Artillery and the British Indian Army’s Mountain Artillery regiments. Introduced in 1896, the pattern saw service throughout WW1. The sweeping blade shows some influence from the wide, hatchet-point 1796 light cavalry saber – a form that ensures that the sword bites deep and widens a wound considerably as it passes through a target.

The blade of this replica is crafted from tempered 1055 high carbon steel which is stoutly mounted into a finely cast brass hilt. The sword is paired with a leather scabbard which is adorned with a brass chape and locket to complete the sword.

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