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Auction: 18003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 721

An Other Rank's 1796 Pattern Light Cavalry Sword and Scabbard

of standard form, the curved blade unmarked except for a crowned numeral 4 struck into its offside face at the shoulder; the upper face of the quillon engraved 14 LD (over) C (over) 50; the ribbed wooden grip covered in scarlet leather; the iron scabbard engraved on its offside below the throat 14 = LD (over) C (over) 50 (an erasure between the C and the 50) and on its nearside below the throat 30; the two scabbard bands each with a loose ring and the scabbard throat mount secured by two screws; some staining overall but otherwise good condition; overall length 945mm, blade length 830mm; scabbard length 870mm (all measurements across curve).

A similarly marked sword is illustrated in Dellar, R., The British Cavalry Sword: some new perspectives (Bath, 2013) pp. 40-43. No explanation is offered for the non-standard covering to the grip.

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Sold for
£450