sword, dress, sword
Accession Number
NAM.2009-01-72-1
Description
Officer’s dress sword, 1897. Made by Wilkinson for British Staff of the Siamese Government, 1897. Thought to have been presented to Lt Col Charles Vernon Hume MVO DSO in 1911, there is a possibility that the sword was presented in the late 1890s while Hume was still employed in Siam. With elephant head and Siamese Royal Coat of Arms on hilt. Serial number 34909. Associated Burma, Guerilla Warfare (1885-1895), Boer War (1899-1902) and Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905).
Campaigns
Boer War (1899-1902), Burma, Guerrilla Warfare (1885-1895), Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)
Associated collection
