2008-07-23 15:48:13 Liz Andrews-Wilson law 2011-02-24 13:17:27 Daniel Pett dpett YORYM-743A84 SWORD 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. 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 o... Iron Cast MODERN MODERN 1800 1920 Incomplete 2008-07-23 15:48:13 KINGSTON UPON HULL KINGSTON UPON HULL POINT( ) From Map TA03SE TA5043 29.06.2003 Building work 1 YORYM Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike - The Portable Antiquities Scheme 2008 These records can be reproduced in a non commercial enviroment as long as the original recorder is cited. The Portable Antiquities Scheme info@finds.org.uk No fees are applicable.