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Scabbard. Belonging to a pattern 1822 infantry officer’s sword, 1830-1849 (c). Made of leather by Charles Herbert, London, and mounted in silver of eastern workmanship. Worn by Maj Gen James Bucknall Bucknall Estcourt, Adjutant General to the British Army in the Crimea; an inscription on the locket states that Maj Gen Estcourt wore the sword at the Battles of Balaklava and Inkerman, the Assault on the Redan and the Siege of Sevastopol, Crimean War (1854-1856). Photographs taken by Fenton in the Crimea show Estcourt with his sword and the broken sword knot.

Balaklava, Battle of, 1854 (Crimean War, Inkerman, Battle of, 1854 (Crimean War 1854-1856), Sevastopol, Siege of, 1854-55 (Crimean War 1854-1856)