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