Cutting Sword with Decorative Cross Guard

This cutting sword was mainly used by students of the Company of Midshipmen. The weapons typically carried by the students, as stipulated in the Royal Decree of 1785, were a rifle, bayonet, and ceremonial sword. The latter was probably a type of cutting sword, either smaller in size for the younger guards, or of the type usually carried by officers in dress uniform and not meant for use in battle.