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Object connections:
| Collection | Edged weapons, Weapons |
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| User collections | Traders Remixed - Power by YouthAdvisoryGroup |
| Gallery location | Not on display |
Object details:
| Object ID | WPN1137.1 |
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| Description | Scabbard for Roman legionary-style sword which belonged to Captain Sir William Peel (1824-1858). There is a bright iron or steel scabbard fitted with a gilt brass top locket equipped with loops for a ring each side, and a gilt brass chape with a convex end and button tip, which is damaged. Both mounts are, or were originally, secured to the scabbard by screws. The inner edges of these mounts have a simplified scallop finish on the obverse side. |
| Date made | 1856 |
| Place made | Pall Mall, London, England |
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| Credit | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Greenwich Hospital Collection |
| Materials | steel |
| Measurements | Overall: 17 mm x 527 mm x 65 mm |
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