The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
British Pattern 1856 Land Transport Sword. The cruciform hilt is solid brass with horizontal ribs to the grip with a straight crossguard having roundels on the ends. The plain single edge blade with a spear point is 35 mm wide and has a knights head trade mark on the right ricasso and a British inspectors stamp on the left.
This sword was made under contract in Germany for the British Army.
British Pattern 1856 Land Transport Sword. The cruciform hilt is solid brass with horizontal ribs to the grip with a straight crossguard having roundels on the ends. The plain single edge blade with a
British Pattern 1856 pioneer sword. The hilt is all brass with a stirrup type guard which is stamped 6 over 1901 V I.HTS over 2 on the inner crossguard. The grip with horizontal rings and is fitted to
British Pattern 1853 Cavalry Trooper's sword. The hilt has a three bar steel guard engraved RHA K 117 and the grips are compressed black checkered (worn) leather rivetted to the tang. The curved blade
British Pattern 1875 Cutlass. The hilt is the British 1842 Pattern sheet steel type with a cast iron grip and has a copper diamond shape plate with '26' riveted to the front edge of the guard. The fla
British Pattern 1861 Army Hospital Corps Sword. The hilt is a brass double bar stirrup type with an iron ribbed grip. The flat plain blade is slightly curved, sharpened on one edge with a spear point
German Cavalry Degen Model 1889 Sword. Nickel plated sheet steel guard with the outer folding edge broken off has a leather sword knot with a white and blue tassel indicating a machine gun company. Th