NAM.1958-06-25-2

Wooden scabbard covered in brown/black leather with a steel mouthpiece and frog button, a pierced steel locket without a ring and and a steel chape with pierced ornamentation; belonging to Pattern 1821 Light Cavalry Officer’s sword; this is associated with the Turkish Drums captured at Ctesiphon by Lt Col Cecil de la Rue Mears, 16th Cavalry, late 8th Cavalry, and is said to have been his cavalry sword.

Ctesiphon, Battle of, 1915 (World War One, Mesopotamia 1914-1918)