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AN OFFICER'S SWORD OF 1796 INFANTRY PATTERN, BY TRADITION OWNED BY CAPTAIN DENNIS PACK (SIC.), 5TH DRAGOON GUARDS, LATER MAJOR-GENERAL SIR DENIS PACK, K.C.B; AND A BOATSHELL DRESS SWORD BELIEVED OWNED BY THE SAME

THE FIRST CIRCA 1801-10; THE SECOND EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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AN OFFICER'S SWORD OF 1796 INFANTRY PATTERN, BY TRADITION OWNED BY CAPTAIN DENNIS PACK (SIC.), 5^T^H DRAGOON GUARDS, LATER MAJOR-GENERAL SIR DENIS PACK, K.C.B; AND A BOATSHELL DRESS SWORD BELIEVED OWNED BY THE SAME
THE FIRST CIRCA 1801-10; THE SECOND EARLY 19^T^H CENTURY
The first with sharpened blade etched and gilt on a blued panel at the forte, gilt-brass hilt with folding shell engraved retrospectively 'Capt Dennis Pack 5^t^h Drgn Grds', and in its original scabbard, the locket signed in full by Salter, sword cutler 35 Strand; the second with plain slender blade, gilt-brass boatshell hilt cast in low relief, the shell with fluted ornament, and the pommel inscribed 'Sir Dennis Pack' (sic.), it its iron scabbard
31 1/8in (79.1cm) and 30 5/8in (77.8cm) blades (2)

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Lot Essay

Denis Pack commanded a troop of the 5th Dragoon Guards from 27th February 1796. While serving with them in Ireland in 1798 he led a patrol near Prosperous against a party of rebels, who lost twenty men and eight horses. In 1798 Pack was promoted major in the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards and on 6th December 1800 appointed Lieutenant-Colonel in the 71th Highlanders.
RThe sword cutler John Salter established his business at 35 Strand, London, in 1801 and continued at that address until 1824. The inscription on the present sword is therefore retrospective.

Major-General Sir Denis Pack K.C.B had a distinguished and highly active campaigning career. He is most famed for his activities in the Peninsular and for his active roles at both Quatre Bras and Waterloo.

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