scabbard, sword, scabbard, sword
Accession Number
NAM.1963-11-40-2
Description
Metal scabbard has a crimson lining which shows through perforations, the mouthpiece bears the maker’s name, R Teed; decoration includes an incomplete reproductions of the Maida gold medal, a figure of Britannia, and the laureated head of George III; belonging to Lloyd’s Patriotic Fund Presentation sword, 1806; presented to Lt Col J Moore, 23rd Regiment of Light Dragoons, for his conduct at the battle of Maida, 4th July 1806, by the Patriotic Fund at Lloyds.
Events
Maida, Battle of, 1806 (Napoleonic Wars, Italy 1806)