Original British Victorian P-1827 Rifle Regiment Officer's Sword by Friedrich Hörster & Co. (FH) with Scabbard - circa 1850 U.S. Ammo It bears the marking WDJ

It bears the marking WDJ

Lining appears to be period replacement as as the cuffs and waistband with a fully functional original zipper

still in the original chambering

and probably was re-used multiple times over the years

It was constructed of wind-resistant olive-drab cotton poplin

Original British Victorian P-1827 Rifle Regiment Officer's Sword by Friedrich Hörster & Co. (FH) with Scabbard - circa 1850 U.S. Ammo It bears the marking WDJOriginal Item: Only One Available. Expressly designed for Officers of the rifle regiments being formed all over England in the early Victorian era, many of whom were volunteers. These units traced their roots back to the old volunteer regiments of the Napoleonic Wars when the Duke of Cumberland's Sharpshooters were formed as a Corps of Riflemen on 5 September 1803. During the 1850s and 1860s these started to be formed again, culminating with the