N° d'objet
2001.41
Créateur
Description
An 1845 pattern regimental sword, with a single edged spear point blade with a fuller on each side. The blade is etched on both sides with Queen Victoria's cypher, the winged thunderbolt and the initials "H R P". and marked 'Royal Engineers'.
The makers details are also etched on the sword blade: "Henry Wilkinson. Pall Mall. London".
The hilt guard is of the Gothic design and features the royal cypher and the inner left edge is hinged and can be folded down. The grip is covered in fish skin and bound with wire.
Date
1845 - 1845
Période de création
Early Victorian, 1837-1850
Dimensions
- sword 950 mm
- blade 850 mm
- Width: hilt 120 mm
- Depth: hilt 95 mm