A presentation 1803 pattern light company infantry officer’s sword, broad curved fullered b

A presentation 1803 pattern light company infantry officer’s sword, broad curved fullered blade 30”, engraved “Woolley & Deakins Impressed Steel” on the backstrap, etched with crowned GR cypher, crowned 1801-16 R Arms, standing officer wearing Tarleton helmet, trophies, maker’s name and scroll “Warranted”, gilt hilt, the slotted guard with 3 loops on each side into crowned GR cypher and fluted knucklebow, lion’s head pommel and backstrap engraved “J H Toyne Esq AD 1848”, wirebound leather grip, in its brass (retaining traces of gilt) mounted leather scabbard with 2 rings, the locket engraved “Lieutenant Charles Parker to J H Toyne Esq AD 1848”; with photostat details, GC, the blade retaining much original gilding and a little blueing, the hilt approx 15% gilt (guard a little mis-shapen). Plate 9