Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Help to identifying a Wilkinson London blade

victoriansword · 19th December 2018, 09:49 PM

Hello, I am new here. This is, as has already been pointed out, a British police hanger from the Victorian period. "Wilkinson London" is a stamp used from at least the 1880s by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London. Matt Easton has a "sold archive" on his website containing photos of a few Indian cavalry troopers' swords from c.1880 which have stamps identical to the one on the Police sword in the first post. Here are the links to those swords:

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19th December 2018, 09:49 PM	#13
victoriansword Member Join Date: Dec 2018 Posts: 7	Hello, I am new here. This is, as has already been pointed out, a British police hanger from the Victorian period. "Wilkinson London" is a stamp used from at least the 1880s by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London. Matt Easton has a "sold archive" on his website containing photos of a few Indian cavalry troopers' swords from c.1880 which have stamps identical to the one on the Police sword in the first post. Here are the links to those swords: . Last edited by fernando; 20th December 2018 at 10:19 AM. Reason: Links to sites connected to active sales not allowed, per rules