{"product_id":"original-british-wwi-p-1895-artillery-officers-sword-by-r-grover-with-scabbard","title":"Original British WWI P-1895 Artillery Officer's Sword by R. Grover with Scabbard","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal Item: Only One Available. In the 1890s a rapid succession of regulation changes happened to British infantry officers' swords. The change was to move away from a cut and thrust saber blade and towards a specialized straight thrusting sword.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe introduction of the new thrusting blade was quickly followed by improvements to the handle and guard of the hilt, intended to provide a better grip and greater protection to the hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis P-1896 Officers’ sword is a wonderful example of those changes made, and is an incredible British Officers Sword. This WWI era Artillery officer's sword features a single fullered etched blade and beautiful gothic style hilt in gilt brass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe blade ricasso has the standard 6 pointed star around a brass plug stamped PROVED, and the reverse bears the maker information:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eR. GROVER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e53\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWELLINGTON\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSTREET\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWOOLWICH\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShark skin grip is complete and shows light wear. The basket retains a fair amount of patina in some spots. The blade etching and embossing shows wear from cleaning. There is very little pitting or severe wear to the blade, though there is no play in the blade at the grip.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe scabbard is the wood leather bound type. The scabbard is straight, with minimal to no damage, and has a lovely color with all finish and stitching intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis would make an excellent display piece for any British WWI Era collection. Ready to display!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecifications:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlade length: 32 3\/4”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOverall length: 39”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBasket dimensions: 4\" width x 6” length\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eScabbard length: 34 1\/2”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Original Items","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40587037245509,"sku":"ONJR23NCA083","price":525.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1524\/1342\/files\/ONJR23NCA083__03.jpg?v=1686334000","url":"https:\/\/www.ima-usa.com\/products\/original-british-wwi-p-1895-artillery-officers-sword-by-r-grover-with-scabbard","provider":"International Military Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}