scabbard, leather, scabbard
Accession Number
NAM.2016-01-22-2
Description
Wooden covered black-stained snake skin scabbard. Made by Thomas Gill, gun and sword manufacturer, 1810 (c). Gilt brass mounts engraved with foliage and two rings for suspension. Associated with Infantry Officer’s Sword, Pattern 1803, associated with Lt Gen Sir Henry Clinton (the Younger) (1771-1829), Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo (1815).
Events
Waterloo, Battle of, 1815 (Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo 1815)
