Boer War sword.....reason for low price below....

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R1,800.00

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Below is taken from the email from my ‘sword expert’ who did this research for me :

The broken sword is a 1821 pattern light cavalry officers sword. Three bar hilt with spear point, double edged for the last ten inches.

It is an extremely common sword and a large number have survived, it also became the universal weapon for officers serving in all branches of the royal artillery. It was introduced in the 1830’s and large numbers are found in South Africa.

It is a pity that it is broken the providence on the blade of diamond fields horse and Lt. Smith would have made it at least a R4000 to R5000 sword.

Lt. Smith was killed in a boer ambush at the beginning of the siege of Kimberly no details are available:

“In his report, para 34, Colonel Kekewich said: "My general pIan for the defence of Kimberley was based on the principle of always keeping the enemy on the move and constantly in fear of attack from an unexpected quarter … It will be observed that portions of the mounted corps were employed on every occasion. The work which fell on the detachment (mounted) of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, Cape Police, Diamond Fields Horse, and Kimberley Light Horse, and the Diamond Fields Artillery was in consequence very arduous: not only did the corps mentioned respond cheerfully, but nothing can exceed the bravery and dash with which these troops attacked the enemy on several occasions in his entrenched positions".

Diamond Fields Horse—14 killed; Captains Bodley and Waldeck, Lieutenant Smith, Sergeant Major Macdonald, and 10 non-commissioned officers and men.

If you advertise the sword with it’s provenance you may get up to R3000. The scabbard alone should be worth at least R800.