Miniature commemorative sword, belonging to Lord Raglan.
Wooden blade, with gold hilt, scabbard and suspension loop; engraved on both sides of hilt ‘June 18th 1815’ and on the scabbard ‘Waterloo’.
Associated with Battle of Waterloo, Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo (1815) 1815.
The blade is said to have been cut from the elm tree next to the site near the crossroads of the Brussels and Ohain roads from which Wellington directed the battle of Waterloo. Contemporary accounts state that the tree was cut into pieces after the battle to provide keepsakes.
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