NAM.1963-10-118-1

Infantry Officer’s sword, East India Company, 1800-1825 (c) (?); pipe-backed, slightly curved blade, with engraved decoration, including the East India Company lion in cartouche amidst trophies and the maker’s name,Prosser; ‘Gothic’ hilt in brass with folding inner guard, or fall, in cartouche is a copper East India Company lion supported by a ‘GR’ cypher; grip covered in fish skin and bound.