Tulwar sword, 1817 (c)
sword, tulwar, sword
Accession Number
NAM.1984-11-236-1
Description
Tulwar sword, 1817. Inscribed on blade: ‘[top of broad arrow] OV’ [twice]. Associated with Gen Sir John Hearsey, 6th Bengal Cavalry Said to be the sword with which Sir John Hearsey was wounded while taking a battery at Seetabuldee, Nagpore in India in the Third Mahratta War, 1817. Associated with Sir John Hearsey, commander of the Bengal Cavalry during the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
Campaigns
3rd Maratha War (1816-1819)
