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Description: | 1751 Pattern Infantry Hangar hilt with truncated steel blade.The cast brass dished heart-shaped hand guard has a triple bar knuckle guard and integral rope-turned grip with globular pommel. The hand guard has been regimentally engraved with "M. CARNARVON", for the Caernarfonshire Regular Militia, which was raised in 1762 and continued regular training until 1783 (www.archivesnetworkwales.info, as below). A less-skilled hand has also inscribed a number "8". The single-edged blade has a top-fuller, and has been truncated roughly 60mm from the hilt, although this is not a recent break. It appears from the fracture that the sword may have broken whilst being used to lever a heavy object, causing the blade to bend and subsequently snap.This sword is of a type manufactured in Birmingham, by Samuel Harvey, and also used in the American Revolutionary War era. Similar examples are cited as having a slightly curved 24" (610 mm) cutlass-form blade and pictured with an original brass-mounted leather scabbard.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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