Sword, 1845 Infantry Officer's
Description
An 1845 pattern infantry officer's sword with a curved, grooved, flat backed blade and a three barred brass handguard featuring Queen Victoria's cypher and a fishskin grip. It is accompanied by a leather scabbard with metal fittings and a mid band suspension ring. The sword has a fishskin grip.
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This
sword
is
said
to
have
originally
belonged
to
Colonel
Evans,
of
the
23rd
Royal
Welsh
Fusiliers
who
was
killed
at
the
battle
of
Alma
during
the
Crimean
War.
It
was
collected
and
brought
to
New
Zealand
by
Captain
Edward
Frederick
Hemingway.
Accession number
A78.245
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