sword & scabbard

British Pattern 1897 sword and scabbard used by Captain James Doran McComish, WW1, Auckland Infantry Regiment, and post-war (NZ Territorials)

sword: George V Officers sword [pattern 1897?]

blade type: straight, single fuller to each side, royal cypher and foliage pattern etched to fullers, six pointed star to one side of shoulder, brass [rivet] to centre of star with illegible mark

guard: half basket, chrome, pierced foliage, royal cypher: George V with Tudor crown, knot slit near pommel

hilt mounts: chromed metal, chequered grip, hemispherical pommel, spherical tang button

knot: brown leather strap with plaited acorn attached to hilt

grip: fish skin bound with brass wire

scabbard: brown leather over wood, leather belt loop to back, silver metal to opening

markings: marked at top of blade: "ENGLISH"; NZ issue marks impressed under hilt: "N [broad arrow] Z / 179."