Record ID: YORYM-743A84 - MODERN sword

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SWORD

Unique ID: YORYM-743A84

Object type certainty: Certain

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An incomplete iron dress sword. It is a French style dress hilt sword of the nineteenth or early twentieth centuries. The key identifying feature is the kick over at the top of the handle, this is typically French. The folded over guard indicates that this is a dress sword. It had to be folded over so not to damage the dress uniform. The hilt is a half-basket Continental type. The holes in the hilt are for decoration – again this is a French design. The back of the sword blade is flat, it is therefore a single edged sword with two fullers on either side of the blade. The sword is a standard issue dress sword that would have been more decorative than functional. It would have been carried by an Infantry Officer. The sword blade has lost about a foot of length and would have originally been about 30 inches in length. French versions of the dress sword tend to be made of brass or gilding metal. Many other countries copied the style. It is likely that the sword came into the Hull area due to Hull’s cosmopolitan nature during the nineteenth or early twentieth centuries. It could have originated from any number of places as a naval or army officer's side arm. It certainly is not a British service type. Identification and additional information supplied by: Keith Matthews, Military Curator at the Castle Museum, York Museums Trust.

Class: Dress

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Deposited with Hull & East Riding Museum

Chronology

Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1920

Dimensions and weight

Weight: 627 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Iron [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: Yorkshire And The Humber
County: Kingston Upon Hull
District: Kingston Upon Hull
To be known as: Hull

Method of discovery: Building work [scope notes]
General landuse: Other [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Recreational usage [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st May 2008

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mrs Liz Andrews-Wilson - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mrs Liz Andrews-Wilson - [view all attributed records]
Secondary identifier: Mr Keith Matthews - [view all attributed records]

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