5920739 German cavalry sword and scabbard, Orange Free State Artillery, South Africa, 1890 circa (metal) by German School, (19th century); National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: German cavalry sword and scabbard, Orange Free State Artillery, South Africa, 1890 circa. Made by Alex Coppel, Solingen, Germany, 1890 circa. The only full-time soldiers of the Boer Republics were the artillery. This sword belonged to a member of the Artillery Corps of the Orange Free State. In January 1899 the unit was under the command of a German and it was equipped with Krupp field artillery and Maxim guns. Influenced as they were by German models it is not surprising that the unit?s swords were based on German cavalry types.); by National Army Museum .