JEWELLERY, DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS AUCTION Tuesday, 1 December 2026 / 10:00 am start
A Victorian sword and scabbard,
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Lot Details
shagreen hilt, the steel guard and scabbard with rust, remains of engraving to blade. The property of non-commissioned officer Captain Joseph Hyde, an artilleryman who fought in the Battle of Inkerman in the Crimean War (1853-1856). He later came to NZ as Field Artillery Instructor in 1876. With large photograph, Captain's appointment document, letters from Government House, newspaper article and detailed Death Notice from 1926.
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