the first sword in common use for the Heavy and Light Cavalry and was also the first sword with the tang being an extension of the blade
The waistband features five belt loops
the reverse presents with a barrel hinge accommodating a vertical pinback with a sharp tip meeting an elongated round wire catch
The city's bridges had been destroyed to hinder the attackers but the city remained mostly intact
Canada, CEF. A 105th Infantry Battalion "P.E.I. Highlanders" Cap Badge visually-hidden the first sword in commonIn browning copper, unmarked, measuring 42. 5 mm (w) x 43. 8 mm (h), horizontal pinback, light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Prince Edward Island with mobilization headquarters at Charlottetown, under the authority of G. O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion sailed July 16, 1916, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel A. E. Ings with a strength of 37 officers and 1,087 other ranks. In England, the Battalion