sword, cavalry officer, sword, cavalry
Accession Number
NAM.1958-06-25-1
Description
Pattern 1821 Light Cavalry Officer’s sword, owned by Lt Col Cecil de la Rue Mears, 16th Cavalry, 1895 (c) Blade is flat backed, with single fuller and spear pointed; engraved with the Prince of Wales’ feathers, the Royal Arms, the maker’s name, Wilkinson, and a cypher, possibly ‘CDM’; steel three bar guard with a chequered thumb grip on the backpiece and a chequered pommel; grip is narrow and covered in fish skin, with a ribbed ferrule; leather sword strap with a leather acorn; associated with the Turkish Drums captured at Ctesiphon.
Events
Ctesiphon, Battle of, 1915 (World War One, Mesopotamia 1914-1918)