Original North African Taureg Takoba Broadsword with Broken Leather Scabbard circa 1880 French Helmets the new sealed patterns were

the new sealed patterns were offered for adoption and accepted on the same date 15th Sept 1887

The hilt has a pommel cap which acts to retain a nut which in turn secures the tang of the blade

Pull-through

On the upper surface of his cap there is engraved the name of an Allied WWI Pilot

The Model 1863 was a minor improvement over the Springfield Model 1861

Original North African Taureg Takoba Broadsword with Broken Leather Scabbard circa 1880 French Helmets the new sealed patterns wereOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This dates from 1850 1880 and is a North African Broadsword from the Tuareg people of the BERBER CLANS. A people who go back to just after the time of Christ, they are were a nomadic a nomadic people, and generally avoid outside contact. Their great Queen ruled a vast North African Empire around 500 A. D. The first encounters with Europeans were in the Crusader's time around 1100 1300 AD, and the early European Knightly