Hello Mark,
here the information I got:
I believe it is a private purchase sword.
Yes, it is a private purchase sword.
Ja, es ist eine privat beschaffte Waffe.
Does anyone have information about the F.G. Morin firm? Were they retailers?
We don't know anything about him yet, but certainly this sword had been manufactured and engraved in Solingen and sold in Hamburg by Morin.
Wir wissen noch nichts über Morin, aber sehr wahrscheinlich wurde der Säbel in Solingen hergestellt und graviert und dann in Hamburg von Morin verkauft.
Would only the Jäger-Korps have carried this weapon, or would it have been carried by other infantry?
This sword had been used by all infantery officers/-Feldwebel of the S-H-army; in 5 Jäger-Korps (Manpower July 1850: 5.981 men + 836 men "Ersatzjägerkorps") and 15 infanterie-bataillons.
Dieser Säbeltyp wurde von allen Infanterie-Offizieren/-Feldwebeln der Schleswig-Holsteinischen Armee verwendet; in 5 Jäger-Korps (Stärke Juli 1850: 5.981 Mann + 836 Mann Ersatzjägerkorps) und 15 Infanterie-Bataillonen.
The scabbard is steel with brass suspension rings.(...)
Of the 500 swords of this pattern that were made, were all of them for officers with the steel scabbards, or did that number also include swords for Feldwebel rank with leather scabbards? Any idea how many of the 500 were made with steel scabbards?[/I]
Probably most of them originally were made with steel scabbards for officers's use, in old pictures Feldwebel are shown with leather scabbard.
Manpower of a S-H-infantry-bataillon (4 companies) in 1849:
22 officers,
~8 Feldwebel (total: 80 NCO's)
21 musicians
48 privates 1st class / corporals
752 musketeers / men
2 doctors
(Schlürman a.a.O. S. 82)
After the "Three-years-war" 1848-51 the danish army used the 267 conquered sabers of this type as
"Kommandersergentsabel" M 1854 and equipped them all with leather scabbards.
Wahrscheinlich waren die meisten der ca. 500 Säbel original mit Stahlscheide für Offiziere ausgestattet, alte Abbildungen zeigen Feldwebeldienstgrade mit Lederscheiden.
Stärke eines S-H-Infanterie-Bataillons (4 Kompanien) 1849:
22 Offiziere,
~8 Feldwebel (insgesamt: 80 Unteroffizier-Dienstgrade)
21 Spielleute
48 Gefreite
752 Musketiere
2 Ärzte
(Schlürman a.a.O. S. 82)
Nach dem "Drei-Jahres-Krieg" 1848-51 wurden die 267 von der dänischen Armee beschlagnahmten Säbel dort als "Kommandersergentsabel" M 1854 weiterverwendet und hierzu alle mit Lederscheide ausgestattet.
Any information you can add would be most helpful. Thank you.
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Could you please give us some dimensions (total length, blade length, -width and -height (cm - mm preferred)?
Ein paar Maße zur Waffe in [cm - mm] wären schön.
Best,
Carsten