NAM.1985-02-80-1

Artillery officer’s sword, Bengal Artillery, 1859. Belonged to Capt Tyrwhitt Pulman. Unusual sword with unfullered blade and non-regulation hilt. Blade engraved with winged thunderbolt, coat of arms, mottos, regimental name, maker’s name, Henry Wilkinson, London and serial number. Guard post 1837, with pierced scroll work, motto and royal arms under crown. The Wilkinson record describes the blade as, ‘Flat solid patent tang’ and the hilt as ‘7th Hussars pattern’. Pulman joined the Bengal Artillery in 1842 and became a Captain in 1857. He is listed as being on Furlough from the 2nd Battery in the 1860 Army List, and so probably bought this sword while on furlough in the United Kingdom. He died in India in 1863.