An 1896 Pattern Heavy Cavalry Officers Sword,
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41 ½” overall, 35” straight blade with broad fuller & spear point, engraved with GRV cipher & scrolling foliage, owner’s initials ‘C.L.W.J’ & ‘Patent Solid Hilt Henry Wilkinson Pall Mall London’ & the 17th Lancer Regimental insignia numbered 42785 on the spine. Pierced honeysuckle nickel plated hilt, chequered pommel, patent tang, chequered two piece grip with twisted silver wire. In its nickel plated steel scabbard with 2 suspension rings.
Major C L Wynne-Jones. 17th Lancers
No. 42785 for 1912
Sword and scabbard in near mint condition. Worthy of further research.
See R. Dellar ‘The British Cavalry Sword 1788-1912’ page 166-168.