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Description: | Similar to 1796 pattern light dragoon sabre. Blade etched with 'NYC' for Notts Yeomanry Cavalry. From old card index (History File) - 'English steel sword and scabbard 1794-8, length 39". Accession book: "Sword and scabbard, steel, of the South Notts Yeomanry Cavalry, bone handle wrapped with wire, l 39" '. Sabre with leather covered grip. Scabbard has two loop rings and an engraving at the top. From old card index (History File) - 'may be unnumbered 1796 pattern light cavalry sabre in bottom drawer of window chest in print room. - scabbard engraved Wooley, Birmingham - but grip is leather covered wood, not horn, wrapped with wire.'
Accession number: NCM 1912-15 | Subjects: | arms and armour (swords) Nottingham and Notts. English | Temporal: | 1794-1798 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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