sword, cavalry, pattern 1796, sword, cavalry
Accession Number
NAM.1963-03-30-1
Description
Pattern 1796, Light Cavalry sword; blade with engraved floral decoration, including the maker’s name, Prosser, a female figure seated on a camel the cypher and crown of George III and the figure of Britannia; plated stirrup guard, with one langet missing; wooden grip with pronounced spiral ribs. A note in the accession register states that this sword was used by Capt C Clode, or W Clore, to kill Tipu Sultan at Seringapatam, 4th Mysore War, however, there is no record of an officer of this name serving at the time and no mention of this attribution was made when the sword was purchased. Associated with Tipu Sultan, 4th Mysore War (1799).
Events
Seringapatam, Siege of, 1799 (4th Mysore War 1799)
Units