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[edit]Sword
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Sword |
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| Object type | Classification: 72207 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: Sword, Infantry Officer, Pattern 1822 variant, British piped back blade; line engraved;very plain hilt mounts, non-regulation, silver plated, white sword knot (.); hilt with VR crest; iron scabbard |
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| Date | Unknown date; Queen Victoria (1837 - 1901)-English reign | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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696811 (object number) |
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| Place of creation | United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | British Pattern 1845 (.) Officers sword (1822.) Rifle Regiment Officer's sword, Victorian note- This is a variant of the Pattern 1822 sword; possibly for a Police Officer, but not the true 1822 hilt (much flatter) ref. Robson- Hilt Pattern 1822 - fig- 124, 125, 126, 128 - pp116-119 blade length and width (1822)- 32 ½in x 1 1-8 in blade type (1822)- pipe-back, double edged for last 9 inches Guard (1822)- gilt brass with sword knot slit near pommel hilt mounts (1822)- gilt brass, with lions’ head pommel grip (1822)- wood covered in fishskin and bound with brass wire. Scabbard(1822)- black leather, gilt chape, band and locket with large show; loose ring and frog stud on locket, loose ring on band sword weight (1822)- 1lb 13oz. scabbard weight (1822)- 13oz Note- folding inside portion of guard. With the issue of the first official Dress Regulations for officers in 1822, a completely new sword appeared for all infantry officers - the so-called Gothic hilted sword. Precise origins not known. The Pattern 1822 infantry officers’ sword has had the longest life of any regulation pattern in the British Army; in a steel mounted version it is still in use today in rifle regiments and the Brigade of Guards. In the Dress Regulations of 1822 it was described as a ‘gilt, half basket hilt, with GRIV inserted in the outward bars.’ The reference to the outward bars is significant, because in essence the guard is a three-bar hilt with the bars linked by tracery. Charles ffoukes saw in the tracery a resemblance to that in medieval Gothic architecture and coined the description Gothic. Apart from relatively minor changes the Pattern 1822 sword continued in use until 1845, when a new blade was introduced, with design attributed to James Wilkinson and Son. Ref. Robson pp 114-118 REF. w1580 + Scabbards 1822-1830s- Field officers and adjutants carried the scabbard on slings and therefore had three mounts and two loose rings. Other officers carried it in a frog and theirs had a chape and locket only, with a frog stud on the locket but no loose rings. In 1826 all officers adopted a waist belt and slings in certain forms of dress and as a result junior officers scabbards then followed the same pattern as those of the field officers but with the addition of a frog stud on the locket. 1822 Regs.- Rifle Regiment officers- steel scabbard in undress and black leather scabbard for full dress. 1832- field officers ordered to carry a brass scabbard and adjutants a steel scabbard, except at levees, royal drawing rooms or in evening dress when the black leather scabbard was to be worn by all officers. In addition to normal swords, light versions of the 1822 pattern exist, presumably intended for wear at levees and when off duty. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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