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AN 1803 PATTERN SWORD, POSSIBLY FOR A GENERAL OFFICER
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AN 1803 PATTERN SWORD, POSSIBLY FOR A GENERAL OFFICER

CIRCA 1803-1820

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AN 1803 PATTERN SWORD, POSSIBLY FOR A GENERAL OFFICER
Circa 1803-1820
With regulation blade with etched, blued and gilt decoration including 'GR' cypher, royal arms, trophy and figure of Fame (worn, with surface rust, perhaps shortened), gilt-copper hilt, the knuckle-guard incorporating pierced royal cypher, wire-bound ivory grip, and black leather scabbard with copper mounts (originally gilt)
29¼in. (74.3cm.) blade
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拍品专文

The ivory grip is believed to have distinguished general officers' swords from those of infantry officers

See Brian Robson, Swords of the British Army, pp. 140-2