Victorian Infantry Officers Sword with Field Scabbard.

A very good Victorian 1897 pattern Infantry officer’s sword. Always interesting these swords were used during the Boer war, in fact their issued steel scabbards were replaced with field brown leather scabbards for use in the war. Unusually this one has a picquet weight blade, a lighter blade ideal for combat situations, it had to be worn but not necessarily used unless in desperation as the Webley revolver was standard issue by this period. It has a standard hilt with Queen Victoria’s latter cypher, and a ray skin grip. The blade is just beautiful, clean and bright with deep etching which is unworn and shows the Queens cypher and the arms of Great Britain with decorative scrolls and geometric patterns; plus, the proof button at the ricasso.
The brown leather scabbard has some wear but it is still in good order and this was the first sword and scabbard to be worn with the Sam Brown Belt. The leather has a few knocks and scrapes, as you would expect for a sword of this vintage. It measures 41 inches long.
Shipping to UK mainland only via courier priced at £15.95

Code: 28896