ETHIOPIAN WILKINSON SWORD

kronckew · 19th July 2016, 08:37 AM

the ones in the photo do appear to be a lion headed pommel style with a barred guard. the guardsman second from the left seems to have a poorly leg. must have been a favourite relative to stay on active service after that injury. lack of shoes, as in the zulu impis, is not a measure of their effectiveness and probably only odd to us more pampered modernists. looks like a fairly std. sam browne belt with the common short/long straps attached to the two-ring scabbards & hung on the belt hook for use while on foot.

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19th July 2016, 08:37 AM	#3
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,215	the ones in the photo do appear to be a lion headed pommel style with a barred guard. the guardsman second from the left seems to have a poorly leg. must have been a favourite relative to stay on active service after that injury. lack of shoes, as in the zulu impis, is not a measure of their effectiveness and probably only odd to us more pampered modernists. looks like a fairly std. sam browne belt with the common short/long straps attached to the two-ring scabbards & hung on the belt hook for use while on foot.