Victorian 1821 Pattern Light Cavalry Officer's Sword by Thurkle, 16th The Queen's Lancers Mandingo with its original scabbard

with its original scabbard

Model 1860 US Cavalry Sabre

Broadbent’s)

VR cypher is surrounded by thistles

rather than with any intention to deceive

Victorian 1821 Pattern Light Cavalry Officer's Sword by Thurkle, 16th The Queen's Lancers Mandingo with its original scabbardA Victorian 1821 Pattern Officer's Sword by Thurkle, marked XVI Lancers. The blade is quite pitted, but the overall condition of the sword is not bad hilt, grip and scabbard have kept very well. It is impossible to determine at which point during the Victorian era this sword's owner would have served, but this is where the regiment was deployed during that time frame: During the Victorian era, the regiment was deployed to Ireland in March 1816, where