Antique British Royal Artillery sword

[Lbj]

Good Day to all, Hopefully I learned a lot for how to use your system for the pictures, so here I go with my 2nd sword, that I recently inherited , the first one was the Russian 1827 IDed by GC.

British Royal Artillery sword 41.5” OA and a 35” blade. Has interlocking triangles, brass proof disc, T.H.S., and “Royal” “Artillery” on one side of the blade and RA logo, Crown, and Cannon on the other side. Pictures/Links below.

In a BTW bit of trivia, the elderly gentleman that passed these on to me was stationed in England as a Capt of the USAF in 1952. These swords were given to him by his 65ish year old landlady and are believed to have been her father’s or grandfather’s, so mid-19th century quite probable and the Russian sword could have easily have been a war trophy.

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[horseclover]

GR, in this case, for George V. I'm not sure why you are having problems with imgur but every image there will have an option to click on "copy BB link". Simply paste those in a text window here. I'll work on the few you zipped but that is three extra steps at the moment.

Stay tuned, as they say. I don't know the maker.

Cheers
GC

 

[horseclover]

ahem

 

[horseclover]

The T.H.S. are probably the owner's initials but like I mentioned, I have no idea who the maker or retailer is. Am I overlooking something? You should register and upload the images at
http://www.swordforum.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?11-Antique-amp-Military-Sword-Forum

There are some dedicated Canadians there that might know in a heartbeat. The general form is that of a p1821 royal artillery sword but during the reign of George V. Although slight in form (piquet weight), it is in a field scabbard of the time so I would suggest it was someone's staff officer but I honestly am already out of my depth. Someone at SFI can probably ID the maker from the proved disc.

Cheers
GC