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Infantry Officers Sword
Individually made and crafted to order. The 1897 pattern was
the final revision of a sword described as “the best fighting
sword ever prescribed for the Infantry officer”. The sword
features a 32.5” long, straight, spear pointed carbon steel
blade. The hilt is nickel plated steel, pieced and stamped with
a a scroll pattern that incorporates the Royal cypher . The wooden
core grip is black dyed fish skin covered with silver plated
copper wire.
The Infantry Officers Sword can be carried with either a Nickel
dress scabbard or a leather ‘Sam Browne’ scabbard
first introduced for universal use in 1899 on the eve of the
South African War |
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