26th Nov, 2024 10:00

AUTUMN VIRTUAL FINE ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOUR AUCTION

 
Lot 143
 

143

A 1796 PATTERN LIGHT CAVALRY TROOPER'S SWORD TO THE 14TH LIGHT DRAGOONS

82cm curved fullered blade, regulation steel stirrup hilt, ribbed wooden grip, contained in its steel scabbard, incised 14-LD over K34. Generally pitted and grey stained. The 14th Light Dragoons fought in the Peninsular War and the War of 1812 at the Battle of New Orleans on the 8th of January 1815.

Sold for £400


 

82cm curved fullered blade, regulation steel stirrup hilt, ribbed wooden grip, contained in its steel scabbard, incised 14-LD over K34. Generally pitted and grey stained. The 14th Light Dragoons fought in the Peninsular War and the War of 1812 at the Battle of New Orleans on the 8th of January 1815.