NAM.1952-07-7-2

Leather covered service scabbard; belonging to a Pattern 1822 Indian Army Infantry Officer’s which was presented to Kaka Ram in 1892; made by Harman and Co; the sword was found by the King George V’s Bengal Sappers and Miners, No 6 Field Company, after an action near Chakdara Fort, North West Frontier, against the Swatis in 1915; it is possible that the sword was captured by the Swatis during their attack on the British defences at Malakand, and then recaptured at Chakdara, in 1915.

World War One, India (1914-1918)