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Pattern 1885, Mk I cavalry sword, 1887

sword, cavalry, pattern 1885, sword, cavalry

Accession Number

NAM.1994-04-204-1

Description

Pattern 1885, Mk I cavalry sword, 1887 (c)-1889. Steel bowl hilt with Maltese Cross, wood checkered rip; slightly curved blade with flat spine and single fuller. Made by Robert Mole and Son, 1887. Relating to 21st Hussars and Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry.

Units

Cavalry

21st Hussars, (1861 - 1897)

Prince Albert's Own Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry

People

Mole and Sons, Robert

Dimensions

Width: 95 mm Length: 1010 mm Depth: 130 mm Text: 34.5 in Text: 875 mm

Inscriptions

Etched on blade, 'ROBT MOLE & SON/ MAKERS/ Birmingham'. Struck on blade and scabbard: '3/87’ ‘7/89’ ‘Y.C.’ ‘[crown] / BR / 4’ ‘[broad arrow] / WD’ ‘[crown] / B / 21’ ‘[asterix]’. Back of blade stamped: ‘MOLE’. Inside of guard stamped: ‘Y / L.C.T. / 95’; ‘10.1889 /21.H /135’.Outside of guard stamped: ‘MOLE’; ‘[broad arrow] / W.D.’. Back of grip stamped: ‘R.B.’; ‘[crown] / BR / 6’.