English Infantry Privates Hanger c 1750

English Infantry Privates Hanger c 1750, brass hilt comprising oval pommel on a stand and with a prominent tang-button, D-shaped knuckle-guard which spreads to form a heart-shaped stool around the blade, and very short rear quillon with drop-finial inclined towards the blade. Wooden grip no traces of being bound with wire, slightly curved single-edged blade with a narrow fuller almost at the back edge and stamped with crown over a 2 maker marked bates, overall length 33.75 inch the blade 28 inch