Original British Victorian Era P-1831 Life Guard Officer Sword with Scabbard by Hawkes and Company Flags & Signs The iron rammer is missing

The iron rammer is missing but could easily be replicated and replaced

since the round from a rifle had to fit tightly into the barrel

Saxony abandoned their M/65 carbine (which had been converted to capping breech-loaders)

) are missing as the soldiers took them home

The British Government encouraged civilian marksmanship training back then (unlike nowadays

Original British Victorian Era P-1831 Life Guard Officer Sword with Scabbard by Hawkes and Company Flags & Signs The iron rammer is missingOriginal Item: Only One Available. During the early 1980's The British company "Collector's Heritage" produced 200 copies of this model Sword for the Collector's Market, now all long gone. IMA had supplied the original sample, which was later returned, and this is it! This Sword was issued to the 1st Life Guards and is so indicated by the brass # 1 incorporated between the letters L and G under the Victorian crown on the bowl guard. It retains the