sword, infantry officer, pattern 1822, sword, infantry
Accession Number
NAM.1950-11-21-1
Description
Pattern 1822 Infantry Officer’s sword; blade bears the maker’s name, Firmin and Sons, and the cypher of Queen Victoria; brass ‘Gothic’ guard; bullion knot with silver and crimson worm; associated with Capt Frederick Bannerman-Phillips, 22nd Madras Native Infantry, who fought in the Sepoy Mutiny; pictured in a portrait wearing this sword.
Campaigns
Indian Mutiny (1857-1859)
