Dress sword
Category
Arms and armour
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Copper, Sharkskin, Silver, Steel
Measurements
1170 mm (Length)
Order this imageCollection
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1127025.4.1
Summary
Lord John's dress sword with silver plated scabbard (HHE/A/19d.2). Silvered hilt with pierced decoration and brass cypher beneath crown. Shark skin handle bound with copper wire in ridges. Decorative relief on blade, inscribed below hilt Corp Major Rafferty Armourer 1st Lifeguards. Star of David on opposite side with Proved in centre. Egypt 1882 Tel el Kebir etc.
Marks and inscriptions
below hilt Corp Major Rafferty Armourer 1st Lifeguards; Star of David and Proved on other side of blade; Egypt 1882 Tel el Kebir, etc