An Unusual 1821 Pattern Light Cavalry Officer's Sword
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An Unusual 1821 Pattern Light Cavalry Officer's Sword
88cm blade Henry Wilkinson Pall Mall London, numbered 38524 for 1900, etched with scrolls, crowned VR cypher, and Royal Arms, regulation steel three bar hilt of large size, chequered pommel and back piece, wire bound chequered horn grip, in its steel scabbard with two suspension rings, complete with knot with leather strap and acorn.
Sold for £600 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • The sword of Charles William Harry Crichton.
    Entered 10th hussars 1895
    Lieutenant 1897
    Captain 1901
    Major 1907
    Lieutenant-Colonel 1915

    He served in the Boer war and received a medal with three clasps, and in WWI he was wounded twice, and twice Mentioned in Dispatches. He received the DSO for his conspicuous gallantry near Ypres on 13th May 1915. Sold with further research.

Category: Arms and Armour

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