The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Chinese sword. The hilt has an oval iron guard with a reinforced downward rim, iron collar and round pommel. The grips are two piece plain wood bound with blue/beige cord. The broad, slightly curved blade has a single thin fuller on each side near the back edge to within 165 mm from the hatchet point. The left side of the blade has three crudely engraved Chinese characters. All metal parts have been painted black.
This sword is of the type used by the Chinese during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900. The translation of the Chinese characters on the blade is "Zhenghong-han".
Chinese sword and scabbard. The hilt has an oval iron guard with a reinforced downward rim, iron collar and round pommel. The grips are two piece plain wood bound with string. The broad, slightly curv
Chinese sword and scabbard. The hilt has an oval iron guard with a reinforced downward rim, iron collar and round pommel. The grips are two piece plain wood with a hole 25 mm down from the pommel and
Chinese sword and scabbard. The hilt has an oval iron guard with a reinforced downward rim, iron collar and round pommel. The grips are two piece plain wood with a hole 25 mm down from the pommel. The
Chinese executioner's sword featuring a single edge, curved blade. The hilt has an oval iron guard with a reinforced downward rim. The handle is bound with cord and has a tapered oval iron pommel and
Chinese sword and scabbard. The hilt has an oval iron guard and the reinforced downward rim has been detached. The handle is two piece plain wood with a hole 25 mm down from the pommel through the tan
British Pattern 1796 Heavy Cavalry Troopers sword and scabbard. The blade is straight with a single broad fuller to both sides to within eight inches of the spear point and marked JOS H REDDELL & Co o
