Presentation sword, 1803-07.
Blade is the shape of a Pattern 1796 Light Cavalry sword, with gilded and engraved decoration, including the figure of Justice on a pedestal, the crest of a stag, Britannia, a mounted dragoon brandishing a sword, the maker’s name, John Read, and the dedication to Robert Shaw, from the Rathfarnham Light Dragoons.
Ornate stirrup guard, with a side bar curving from the pommel to the crossguard in gilded metal, this, in turn, is embellished with two curls.
Pommel is in the form of a dragoon’s helmet.
Ivory grip bound with silver wires; langets with crown and harp