BY ROYAL SMALL ARMS FACTORY, ENFIELD

Details

A RARE 1900 PATTERN EXPERIMENTAL CAVALRY SWORD SCABBARD
By Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield
Slightly curved covered in leather with two fixed and opposite loops, marked 'EFD', '99', '01'
88.5 cm. (34 3/4 in.) long
See illustration

Literature

Cf. Brian Robson, 'Swords of the British Army' The Rgulation Patterns 1788-1914, Revised Edition, pp. 57-58.

Special notice

A 10% Goods and Services tax (G.S.T) will be charged on the Buyer's Premium on all lots in this sale.

Lot Essay

According to the Annual Accounts of the Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield for 1900-01, two experimental wooden scabbards were produced. The following year, Enfield produced a leather scabbard, of which this example is one. The Ministry of Defence Pattern Room, Nottingham, does not have an example of this scabbard in its collection.

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