victoriansword:British Pattern 1827 Rifle Officer’s Sword81.5 cm pipe-backed and spear pointed blade
victoriansword:British Pattern 1827 Rifle Officer’s Sword81.5 cm pipe-backed and spear pointed blade by Prosser etched with scrolling foliage, VR cypher, slung bugle horn, crossed flags and ‘Royal Carnavon Rifle Corps’, regulation steel gothic hilt incorporating a crowned slung bugle horn, wire bound fish skin grip, in its steel scabbard complete with knot.This example can be dated to the period 1837-1845 because of the VR cypher (for Queen Victoria, whose reign began in 1837) and the pipe back blade which was discontinued in 1845. -- source link