sword, shamshir, sword, shamshir
Accession Number
NAM.1963-10-125-1
Description
Shamshir sword, 1858. Watered blade, with most of watering polished away. Dark brown hilt possibly made of steel, decorated with gold kuftgari floral motifs. Quillons have disc-like terminals and langets are thin and pointy. Captured during the advance to Lucknow in 1858, by Lt J C Baillie, 7th Punjab Infantry. Associated with the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859).
Events
Lucknow, Siege of, 1857 (Indian Mutiny 1857-1859)