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English 1821 pattern Light Cavalry Victorian presentation sabre

£3,200.00

EXTRAORDINARY ENGLISH VICTORIAN PRESENTATION CAVALRY SWORD TO A PERISHED OFFICER OF AN EXCEPTIONALLY SCARCE REGIMENT – 49th Charlotte of Wales. Various Battle honours including Sebastopol, Inkerman, China etc.
The inscription to the blade is:

“This Sword was Purchased By The Tenants of Sir A.V. Corbet Bart. To Present To His Son Captain W.R. Corbet, H.M. 49th. Regt. On His Promotion Feb y. 1855. As A Mark Of Their Affection And Esteem, But He Never Lived To Receive It – Dying Of Brain Fever At Marseilles – March 19th, 1855”

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