{"product_id":"scarce-wwi-british-indian-army-1908-pattern-cavalry-troopers-sword-wilkinson-pall-mall-dated-may-1919","title":"Scarce British Indian Army 1908 Pattern Cavalry Trooper's Sword – Wilkinson Pall Mall (Dated May 1919)","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003eAn exceptionally clean, authentic, and crisply marked British Indian Army Pattern 1908 India Pattern (IP '08) Cavalry Trooper's Sword, complete with its original matching steel scabbard.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003eManufactured by the highly revered Wilkinson Sword Company at their premier London workshops, this piece represents the pinnacle of WWI-era cavalry weapon engineering.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003eIt has a straight, single-edged, high-rigidity thrusting blade measuring approximately 34.5 inches. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003eThe steel remains exceptionally bright and clean.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003eIt is marked to the ricassoo one side with deep, sharp stamps including the production\/inspection date \"5 '19\" (May 1919) and official Crown\/Government acceptance stamps.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003eOn the opposite ricasso it is distinctly stamped with the prestigious \"WILKINSON PALL MALL\" retail signature alongside the official \"X\" bend-test pass mark and the British Broad Arrow government property stamp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003eThe spine is stamped \"IP 08\" \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003edesignating the \u003cspan class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003eIndia Pattern 1908.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003e The deep, protective sheet-steel bowl guard is unique to the 1908 pattern and it is stamped on the lower interior edge with matching \"WSC\" (Wilkinson Sword Co.) and Broad Arrow proofs. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003eThe black chequered ergonomic pistol grip remains in very good, solid condition and below the guard is its original, completely intact brown leather hilt buffer washer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003eThe sword comes with its original matching steel scabbard with twin hanging rings. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003eThe sword is in overall very good to excellent antique condition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003eThe blade steel is bright with incredibly crisp factory stamped details. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003eThe scabbard shows some honest, minor historical surface pitting consistent with its age and field deployment, but remains structurally robust with no holes or major structural degradation. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';\"\u003eThe hilt assembly is completely tight and solid. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThe photographs are of the actual item and form part of the description.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003ePlease examine the photographs carefully and if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haywards Antiques \u0026 Collectables","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57144912544009,"sku":null,"price":600.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/5437\/0569\/files\/1100148162-2-Photoroom_eb6a3f66-23b6-43a9-bbac-e226328d1893.png?v=1781794269","url":"https:\/\/haywardsantiques.co.uk\/products\/scarce-wwi-british-indian-army-1908-pattern-cavalry-troopers-sword-wilkinson-pall-mall-dated-may-1919","provider":"Haywards Antiques \u0026 Collectables","version":"1.0","type":"link"}