£2,800
East Indian Company 1828 Addiscombe College Sword of Honour.
Presented to later Major John Nixon Sharp Bengal Engineers served at the battle of Maharajpoor 1843 and died in India 1856.
An example of the 1822 pattern Infantry sword with a piped back blade and three quarter length etched decoration, this incorporating the crest of the East India Company and presentation script "CADET JOHN NIXON SHARP. THIS SWORD PRESENTED TO HIM AT THE PUBLIC EXAMINATION ON THE 12TH DEC 1828 BY THE HONble COURT OF DIRECTORS OF THE UNITED EAST INDIA COMPANY AS A MARK OF THE COURTS APPRECIATION OF HIS GENERAL GOOD CONDUCT WHILE IN THE COMPANY'S MILITARY SEMINARY". The forte with the cutler's details of Bond of London. The fire gilt guard with the crest of the East India Company and the shagreen grip with twist wire binding. Complete with steel scabbard. Etching to the blade clear, gilt bright.
Major John Nixon Sharp was born in 1811 and attended Addiscombe College between 1827-28, he also attended the Chatham Engineers school. Commissioned to Ensign he entered the Bengal Army in December 1828, arriving in India 1830. He took part in the Gwalior campaign and was awarded the Maharajpoor Star. Promoted Major 1854, two years later on the 17th August 1856 he died of Cholera at Mian Meer.
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