A Regimental 1821 Pattern Heavy Cavalry Officer's Sword of the 1st Royal Dragoons
33*
A Regimental 1821 Pattern Heavy Cavalry Officer's Sword of the 1st Royal Dragoons
88.5cm blade by Henry Wilkinson Pall Mall London numbered 33571 for 1895, etched with scrolls crowned VR cypher, Royal Arms and regimental badge motto and title, and owner's initials B.E.P.L within a panel, patent solid hilt with regulation steel scroll guard, wire bound chequered horn grip, in its steel scabbard with two suspension rings.
Sold for £937 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • The sword of Bertie Edward Parker-Leighton, commisioned in the 1st Royal Dragoons 1896.
    Lieutenant 1899
    Captain 1901
    Major 1914
    He saw service in the Boer War and was severely wounded at The First Battle of Ypres in 1914.
    Sold with a quantity of photocopies of photographs and research material.

Category: Arms and Armour

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