Forum: European Armoury
11th April 2024, 01:05 AM
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Replies: 31
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G'day Guys,
A similar sword to the one that...
G'day Guys,
A similar sword to the one that opened this thread has popped up at an auction. Although it has been heavily restored, and has a replacement blade, it does show what my hilt would have...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th March 2024, 10:43 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 8,966
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Forum: European Armoury
26th March 2024, 05:43 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 8,966
G'day Radboud,
I have also seen swords of a...
G'day Radboud,
I have also seen swords of a similar vintage to the Crown over HO marked Osborns, that have a Crown over TG mark. Maybe this was used by Thomas Gill, but I haven't yet found one with...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th March 2024, 04:31 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 8,966
G'day Phil,
I have seen a 1788 pattern heavy...
G'day Phil,
I have seen a 1788 pattern heavy cavalry officer's sword marked to Gill with exactly the same format as yours. On the ricasso is marked "GILL'S British Manufacture". Along the blade...
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Forum: European Armoury
1st January 2024, 09:34 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,786
G'day Jim,
Low's nickname was "Beefy".
...
G'day Jim,
Low's nickname was "Beefy".
There is a photo of him with a sword taken in 1854. I don't know if I have permission to share it, so I will hold off posting it. When you zoom in on the...
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Forum: European Armoury
31st December 2023, 04:24 PM
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Replies: 4
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Thanks Jim,
Here are a couple of the photos of...
Thanks Jim,
Here are a couple of the photos of him in Crimea taken by Fenton. In the group photo he is the guy straddling the chair and in the other he is in the middle, lounging in the wheelbarrow....
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Forum: European Armoury
30th December 2023, 10:41 PM
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Replies: 4
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4th Light Dragoons Regimental Sword
G'day Guys,
This is the 4thLD regimental pattern sword of Lt Col Alexander Low. Low was with the 4thLD in the "Charge of the light brigade". On his return from Crimea in 1856 he ordered this sword...
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Forum: European Armoury
30th December 2023, 10:24 PM
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Replies: 31
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G'day Jack,
I think your sword is probably...
G'day Jack,
I think your sword is probably older than 1792. There were several Drurys and I would place yours closer to 1780 than 1790. It looks like an infantry officer's hanger of the type that...
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd November 2023, 05:51 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 16,100
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd November 2023, 05:46 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 16,100
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd November 2023, 05:39 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 16,100
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd November 2023, 03:08 AM
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Views: 16,100
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd October 2023, 12:27 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 23,701
G'day Jim,
I have also wondered about Masonic...
G'day Jim,
I have also wondered about Masonic connections with some sword decoration from the period.
The 1796 ladder hilt in the comparison photo I posted above was sold in a Wallis and Wallis...
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd October 2023, 12:02 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 23,701
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd October 2023, 12:39 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 23,701
G'day Jim,
Yes the scrolling bars are...
G'day Jim,
Yes the scrolling bars are basically the same shape and may derive from honeysuckle as well or perhaps both represent something unrelated to honeysuckle? I am not sure who came up with...
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Forum: European Armoury
20th October 2023, 09:15 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 23,701
G'day Guys,
Jim, "The British Cavalry Sword...
G'day Guys,
Jim, "The British Cavalry Sword from 1600" is the title of Charles Martyn's book, not the suggested date for this sword. I think a date of 1770-1780 is about right for my sword....
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Forum: European Armoury
20th October 2023, 01:23 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 23,701
1780 heavy Cavalry Officer Sword
G'day guys,
I recently added this interesting sword to my collection. I think it dates to around 1770-1780 and would have belonged to a heavy cavalry officer. This is the oldest British sword hilt I...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th February 2023, 03:04 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 35,271
G'day Joe,
When I said Dutch klewang I was...
G'day Joe,
When I said Dutch klewang I was referring only to the blade. As you pointed out the rest looks to be South-East Asian. I am only assuming the blade is European because of the letters...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th February 2023, 11:33 PM
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Replies: 21
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G'day Guys,
I was lucky to acquire this sword...
G'day Guys,
I was lucky to acquire this sword recently. It is a standard 1796 light cavalry trooper's sword maker marked to Osborn. What makes it special is that the scabbard has a silver plaque...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th February 2023, 11:00 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 35,271
G'day Joe,
Way outside my area of expertise,...
G'day Joe,
Way outside my area of expertise, but the G on the Dutch klewang blade? you posted is part of a larger marking and unrelated to the G stamp used by Osborn. Hope someone else can shed some...
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Forum: European Armoury
15th June 2022, 09:25 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 8,188
G'day GC,
There is a fair bit of information...
G'day GC,
There is a fair bit of information about Thomas Gill II in Richard Dellar's book "The British Cavalry Sword 1788-1912". He was born in 1744 and died in 1801. According to Richard Dellar,...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th June 2022, 10:20 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 8,188
G'day GC,
In terms of dating your sword, my...
G'day GC,
In terms of dating your sword, my best guess would be 1770's. By the 1780's Thomas Gill was marking his swords with his "Warranted Never To Fail" slogan. I have an early Gill sword. I will...
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Forum: European Armoury
13th June 2022, 10:43 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 8,188
G'day GC,
Radboud is correct that after 1796,...
G'day GC,
Radboud is correct that after 1796, crown over number inspection stamps don't correspond to any particular maker. Prior to this they are relatively uncommon, so I don't know for sure, but...
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Forum: European Armoury
6th March 2022, 09:05 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 6,934
G'day Calien,
Normally I would say take...
G'day Calien,
Normally I would say take anything engraved on a scabbard after the fact with a grain of salt, but in this case, the portrait shows that at the very least Stepney Cowell did have this...
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Forum: European Armoury
6th March 2022, 08:56 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 32,517
G'day Calien,
I can't help you with the crest,...
G'day Calien,
I can't help you with the crest, but I do have a couple of swords with similar blade decoration including the "all seeing eye". Originally I thought this style of blade decoration may...
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