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Sword and scabbard   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Hobson & Sons
Title
Sword and scabbard
Object type Classification: 72207
Description
English: British regulation dress sword and scabbard, George V Part of collection associated with Captain Charles C Pye, VC blade type- straight single fuller each side; bevelled .19mm from point back edge (chased ) patterns foliage; Tudor crown and laurel wreath to one side "IN ARDUIS FIDELIS N.Z. M.C."; below six-pointed star on shoulder; brass rivet to centre; other side with Tudor crown, George V cypher; English coat of arms near hilt with maker's marks below guard- polished brass; half basket; pierced scroll and loop design; George V cypher surmounted by Tudor crown; pierced scroll quillon; knot hole near pommel hilt mounts- polished brass; cross-hatching on grip; hemispherical pommel; spherical tang button grip- fish skin bound with brass wire scabbard- steel, silver coloured metal to mouth; two ring loops to side markings- moulded to blade on shoulder- HOBSON and SONS . -1-3-5- - LEXINGTONS - LONDON - W- (maker's name etched on ricasso WILKINSONS - - - - LONDON) Note- Charles Pye VC died in 1876, long before this sword was made (bearing George the 5th monogram, whose reign only began in 1910)
Date 17 Jul 2001; George V (1910 - 1936)-House of Windsor-English reign; Circa 1910; 15 Aug 2001
Dimensions

length: 815mm
length: 150mm
length: 1855mm
width: 25mm
length: 1000mm
notes: hilt length
notes: scabbard length
notes: blade length
notes: sword length: 1000mm blade: l x w: 815mm x 25mm hilt: l: 150mm scabbard length: 1855mm

notes: blade width
institution QS:P195,Q758657
Accession number
2001.25.852
Place of creation New Zealand; London
Credit line Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2001.25.852 Brent Mackrell Collection
Notes British regulation dress sword and scabbard, George V Part of collection associated with Captain Charles Pye, VC, but no known connection.
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