Lot 4
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A Hanger, possibly for the Army Hospital Corps

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A Hanger, possibly for the Army Hospital Corps

With straight plain 26¼in. (67cm) blade, stamped with Crown above GR, brass knucklebow guard with single side-bar and cast iron grip (as Robson Fig 171) in slightly longer (29in.) scabbard of steel with black lacquer covering and brass chape and locket, the latter bearing a frog-stud and stamped on the reverse DEAKIN PATENT
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Lot Essay

Robson, p163, notes that soldiers of the Army Hospital Corps were issued circa 1861 with swords of the old Coast Guard pattern. The markings on the blade of this weapon suggest that it may originally have been manufactured for issue to the Coastguard.