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19TH CENTURY
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AN INDIAN TULWAR TAKEN FROM A MAHRATTA SOLDIER AT THE BATTLE OF MAHARAJPOOR IN 1843
19TH CENTURY
With curved single-edged fullered blade double-edged towards the point and struck on one side with a series of crosses and dots, the latter forming two crescent moons, and iron hilt of characteristic form retaining some worn textile binding to the grip, with iron-mounted black leather scabbard, the locket engraved 'This SWORD was WRESTED from the hands of a Mahratta Soldier at the Battle of Maharajpour BY CAPTAIN Arthur William Fitz Roy Somerset of the Grenadier Guards and Military Secretary to Lord Ellenborough after he had received a Gun Shot through his right Arm and two severe Sabre wounds on the left thigh and under the right knee 29th December 1843'; together with an Indian matchlock toradar with triangular bone inlay to the butt, bone butt-cap, and iron mounts
The tulwar with 27½ in. (69.8 cm.) blade; the toradar with 42¼ in. (107.3 cm.) barrel
19TH CENTURY
With curved single-edged fullered blade double-edged towards the point and struck on one side with a series of crosses and dots, the latter forming two crescent moons, and iron hilt of characteristic form retaining some worn textile binding to the grip, with iron-mounted black leather scabbard, the locket engraved 'This SWORD was WRESTED from the hands of a Mahratta Soldier at the Battle of Maharajpour BY CAPTAIN Arthur William Fitz Roy Somerset of the Grenadier Guards and Military Secretary to Lord Ellenborough after he had received a Gun Shot through his right Arm and two severe Sabre wounds on the left thigh and under the right knee 29th December 1843'; together with an Indian matchlock toradar with triangular bone inlay to the butt, bone butt-cap, and iron mounts
The tulwar with 27½ in. (69.8 cm.) blade; the toradar with 42¼ in. (107.3 cm.) barrel
Provenance
The first: Major Arthur William FitzRoy Somerset (1816-45) sent back from India by him, circa 1844.
Deposited with the Royal United Service Institution by Lt. Col. George Somerset, 3rd Baron Raglan, in 1895; removed by Major FitzRoy Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan, in October 1952.
Deposited with the Royal United Service Institution by Lt. Col. George Somerset, 3rd Baron Raglan, in 1895; removed by Major FitzRoy Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan, in October 1952.
Literature
The first: Lieut.-Col. Sir A. Leetham, Official Catalogue of the Royal United Service Museum, Whitehall, S.W., 3rd Edition, 1908, p. 203, no. 3062; and subsequent editions.
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