John Oswell

Mervyn; It's not a Canadian sword - I'm now in Canada but from the UK. My maternal grandparents had this on their wall in Salwarpe, Worcs (just outside of Droitwich) - it's an English issue. I wouldn't take too much from the shape of the guard - it got dropped a few times and the guard was curled down so far it stuck on the scabbard and I had to pry it back enough to be able to get it out of the scabbard. I'll also need some help with another sword it's dated 1853 and think was the property of my "avatar" - Benjamin Thomas Oswell, Deputy Chief Constable of Staffordshire and Lt Col (I think) of the N. Staffs Regt - should I post that here of in another thread? Thanks

Finally the blade Thanks again

Here are the markings on the hilt guard, blade markings next Is there a way I can find out what these mean?

Mervyn Thanks so much for these posts. I've had one of these swords for years, it was on the wall in my Grandmother's house and she left it to me as I would clean it everytime I visited. I've only ever seen 2 of these types of swords before but neither exactly the one I have. One at the Imperial War Museum, London, UK and the other at the Halifax Citadel Museum, Halifax, NS Canada. I'll also add the markings. The scabbard is in good condition just the stitching is missing.