A SWORD OF LIGHT CAVALRY STYLE

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A SWORD OF LIGHT CAVALRY STYLE
With fine plain curved blade of 'T' cross-section, double-edged for the last 6in., mameluke hilt with silver crosspiece in the form of a lion's head in relief with its forelegs forming the quillons, and horn grips, in its black leather-covered wooden scabbard with silver mounts with decorative raised edges, the chape mounted each side with a large oakleaf in relief, the locket inscribed 'Bareily April 21st 1816'
28¼in. (71.5cm.) blade

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Lot Essay

Bareilly, as it is more usually spelt, is in Rohikund. It was ceded to the Honourable East India Company by the Nawab of Oudh in 1801. In 1815, an insurrection there led to military action, and a regiment of irregular cavalry, the Rohilla Horse, was raised by Lieutenant H.J. Roberts the same year. A portrait, now in the RMA Sandhurst, depicting Major George Cunningham of this regiment, shows him carrying a mameluke sword which may be of this distinctive pattern

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