A BRITISH OFFICER'S SWORD OF PATTERN 1821 LIGHT CAVALRY TYPE BY HAWKES MOSELEY & SONS, LONDON, MANUFACTURERS TO THE QUEEN, MID-19TH CENTURY With burnished pipe-back blade etched on each side with laurel wreaths and a 'VR' cypher, nickel-plated three-bar hilt, original wire-bound black-rayskin-covered grip, and brown leather sword-knot, in original brown-leather-covered scabbard; together with A BRITISH PATTERN 1845 INFANTRY OFFICER'S SWORD, RETAILED BY STOVIL & BAINES, LONDON, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY, with etched regulation blade (worn, surface corrosion), brass 'Gothic' hilt retaining traces of original gilding and with folding-flap, and original wire-bound black-rayskin-covered grip, in brass scabbard with leather belt and hangers, the gilt-brass buckle with silver facings for the 'GALWAY MILITIA' Respectively 32¼in. (81.9cm.) and 32½in. (82.5cm.) blades (2)
A BRITISH OFFICER'S SWORD OF PATTERN 1821 LIGHT CAVALRY TYPE BY HAWKES MOSELEY & SONS, LONDON, MANUFACTURERS TO THE QUEEN, MID-19TH CENTURY With burnished pipe-back blade etched on each side with laurel wreaths and a 'VR' cypher, nickel-plated three-bar hilt, original wire-bound black-rayskin-covered grip, and brown leather sword-knot, in original brown-leather-covered scabbard; together with A BRITISH PATTERN 1845 INFANTRY OFFICER'S SWORD, RETAILED BY STOVIL & BAINES, LONDON, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY, with etched regulation blade (worn, surface corrosion), brass 'Gothic' hilt retaining traces of original gilding and with folding-flap, and original wire-bound black-rayskin-covered grip, in brass scabbard with leather belt and hangers, the gilt-brass buckle with silver facings for the 'GALWAY MILITIA' Respectively 32¼in. (81.9cm.) and 32½in. (82.5cm.) blades (2)
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