Combat saber unit marking

Neil Young · 04-24-2022, 05:51 PM

I have a Bavarian combat saber marked B.2.R.C.2.50.. The "R" is a Script font which usually means "Reserve". I need an interpretation of this marking.

Norme · 04-24-2022, 08:01 PM

Hi Neil,
I think you're correct: Bavarian 2nd Reserve Cavalry Regt., 2nd Platoon, 50th Saber.
I've never thought about this before but have you ever seen a German left handed saber? I know from my older brother's experience growing up in Germany in the thirties, that left-handedness was regarded as a terrible deformity which had to be overcome by an effort of will. I doubt that a leftie would have been welcome in a Cavalry Regiment.
Regards, Norm

George Anderson · 04-24-2022, 09:39 PM

Reserve Chevauleger Regiment. It's Bavarian.

Edward Tinker · 04-24-2022, 09:56 PM

Wow, very nice Neil.

Neil Young · 04-24-2022, 11:33 PM

Thanks Guys. No Norm, I have never seen a saber intended for a left handed person.

04-24-2022, 11:33 PM	#5
Neil Young Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Scottsboro, Alabama Posts: 552 Thanks: 567 Thanked 449 Times in 170 Posts	Thanks Guys. No Norm, I have never seen a saber intended for a left handed person. __________________ Neil The hurrier I go the behinder I get. Sometimes it takes me all day to get nothing done.

04-24-2022, 08:01 PM	#2
Norme Always A Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,417 Thanks: 226 Thanked 2,607 Times in 933 Posts	Hi Neil, I think you're correct: Bavarian 2nd Reserve Cavalry Regt., 2nd Platoon, 50th Saber. I've never thought about this before but have you ever seen a German left handed saber? I know from my older brother's experience growing up in Germany in the thirties, that left-handedness was regarded as a terrible deformity which had to be overcome by an effort of will. I doubt that a leftie would have been welcome in a Cavalry Regiment. Regards, Norm

04-24-2022, 09:39 PM	#3
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,531 Times in 788 Posts	Reserve Chevauleger Regiment. It's Bavarian.

04-24-2022, 09:56 PM	#4
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,974 Thanks: 2,072 Thanked 4,609 Times in 2,123 Posts	Wow, very nice Neil.