26th Nov, 2024 10:00

AUTUMN VIRTUAL FINE ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOUR AUCTION

 
Lot 148
 

148

AN 1821 PATTERN LIGHT CAVALRY OFFICER'S PRESENTATION SWORD

86cm curved fullered blade etched with scrolling foliage, crowned VR cyphers and the inscription AWARDED TO W. OXON OF THE A TROOP YORKSHIRE PRINCESS OF WALES' OWN HUSSARS FOR PROFICIENCY OF SWORDSMANSHIP 1875, regulation steel three-bar hilt, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its steel scabbard.

Sold for £340


 

86cm curved fullered blade etched with scrolling foliage, crowned VR cyphers and the inscription AWARDED TO W. OXON OF THE A TROOP YORKSHIRE PRINCESS OF WALES' OWN HUSSARS FOR PROFICIENCY OF SWORDSMANSHIP 1875, regulation steel three-bar hilt, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its steel scabbard.