An Officers 1796 Light Cavalry Sword. 40 ½” overall, 36” curved fullered blade with engraved ‘Gills Warranted’. Regulation stirrup shaped hilt with ribbed leather covered grip with small ears & triple twisted steel wire. In its original iron scabbard with two suspension rings,
Circa 1800.
Sword and scabbard in good condition.
See ‘The British Cavalry Sword 1788-1912’ by Dellar, pages 280-299 for history of Gills.