Infantry officer's Pattern 1796 sword
sword, infantry, sword
Accession Number
NAM.2004-01-121-1
Description
Infantry Officer's Pattern 1796 sword; carried by Ens C Simpson, 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards, killed at Waterloo, 1815. Grip not wire bound but pressed on metal strip. Cheap blade, probably German. Associated with Hougoumont, Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo (1815). Simpson was in No 4 Company, and as joint Ensign of the company should have been carrying one of the Regiment’s colours at Waterloo. He was killed by a cannonball.
Events
Waterloo, Battle of, 1815 (Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo 1815)
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