A 1st Life Guards Officers State Sword 1834 Pattern by Andrews.
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39” overall, 33 ½” blade etched with a small panel of scrolling foliage and ‘Andrews’ on the forte and a maker's panel ‘Andrews 9 Pall Mall’ on the back edge of the blade, wide single fuller with a spear point. Regulation pierced steel hilt decorated with 12 brass studs and applied with the regimental device, wire bound fish skin grip. Contained in its brass mounted plated steel scabbard.
Circa 1840.
Sword and scabbard in good condition, etching on the blade is faint
See British Cavalry Sword 1788-1912 by Richard Deller pages 205 to 214.