NAM.1951-07-26-1

Pattern 1822 infantry officer's sword, piquet weight. Owned by Maj Gen J M Toppin, commander of the 2nd Bn 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot from 1882-1886, who carried the sword in the Crimean War (1854-1856) when an Ensign in the 62nd Regiment of Foot, 30 Mar 1855. Blade bears the maker’s name, Henry Wilkinson, the cypher of Queen Victoria and is light weight, possibly for dress; brass ‘Gothic’ guard, with folding inner guard, or fall, and the Victorian cypher.

Crimean War (1854-1856)