Saber
date: label: date made
content: ca 1780
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Forged steel.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: Straight blade saber used by the British Heavy Dragoons. Straight blade sabers were generally used as a stabbing weapon.
place: label: Place Made
content: United Kingdom: Grand Bretagne
label: Associated Place
content: United Kingdom: Grand Bretagne
topic: label: related event
content: American Revolution
label: related event
content: Revolution and the New Nation
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.73600M
label: catalog number
content: 73600M
label: accession number
content: 287156
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Saber, Dragoon
label: Other Terms
content: Saber; Saber, Dragoon; Edged Weapons; Army; Dragoon
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 114.6 cm x 16 cm x 7.8 cm; 45 1/8 in x 6 5/16 in x 3 1/16 in