NAM.1959-07-13-1

Pattern 1856, Cavalry Officer’s Undress sword, 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiners), 1899-1900(c). Standard, slightly curved fullered heavy cavalry blade with flat back and engraved decoration, including the royal cypher, regimental legend, ‘6 Carabiniers’, the owner’s initial’s and the makers name, Robert Mole and Sons; pierced scrollwork hilt that was carried by the Regiment from 1877 to 1912, marked with the number six, beneath a crown; shagreen grip with treble copper wire binding, checkered backpiece and pommel; owned by Lieutenant and Quartermaster L J Wheeler, commissioned on 1899.