Infantry Officer’s Sword and Scabbard

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This item is a part of the 1812 History digitization project. This project was made possible with the support of the Department of Canadian Heritage through the Canadian Culture Online Strategy.

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The blade is 80.5 cm long x 2.5 cm wide and tapers to a spear point. The pattern is common to that of 1769 but was most likely still used by the War of 1812. The sword has an urn hilted pommel with a fixed guard and the hilt is wrapped with wire. The hilt also has a few ornate designs. The blade is blued and has ornate markings that are gilded. The markings included a Crown and the Royal cipher “GR” below.

The leather scabbard has gilded furnishings, two rings and a frog catch. It measures 82 cm long.

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