Lot 79
A MADRAS HORSE ARTILLERY PRESENTATION SWORD.
A Prosser of London marked Madras Horse Artillery Officers 1821 pattern sword, with the owners initials on the blade. Steel three bar hilt with fishskin grip and wire present. The pipe-back blade of 31.1/4" with the East India Company crest and three cannons on a shield below. Madras Horse Artillery below with Prosser Maker London and the initials ATC in floral script. Complete with its steel scabbard, the fighting blade in very clean condition.
Alexander Todd Cadell (No496) was transferred from the East India Company to the Royal Artillery, when his regiment Madras Horse Artillery was disbanded in 1861.
2/ Lt 1834
Lt 1841
B-Capt 1849
Capt 1854
Bt Col 1866
Col 1869
M-Gen 1877
Lt Gen 1878
Rtd 1878
Died 1885
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