The British naval 'setbacks' during the War of 1812 would have caused a great volume of these swords being absorbed into the ranks of the U.S. Navy. This particular one is based on a surviving cutlass from the Battle of Lake Erie. In 1814 a cutlass sword exercise or drill was ...
The first Royal Navy pattern sword was created in 1805, its elegant but impractical design being superseded by a solid-hilt design developed in 1827. The leading Cutlers of swords, dirks and lances to the British Armed Forces, Commonwealth & Overseas Def
Swords were not the only accessories on the minds of Meghan and Harry as they planned their big day. They also requested that guests abstain from wearing medals to the ceremony (viaThe Sun). It seems that Harry and Meghan's choice to exclude medals and swords was a matter of personal pre...