THE HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY UNIFORMS SWORDS & SWORD SLINGS

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HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY REGIMENT

SWORDS & SWORD SLINGS

Sword of 1st Life Guards	Sword of 2nd Life Guards
Household Cavalry Officers' Swords	Household Cavalry ORs Sword

P1834 2nd Life Guards Sword of
Lt-Col The Hon Edward Pindar Lygon
(who commanded the Regiment at Waterloo)

Sword of 1st Life Guards

Sword of 2nd Life Guards

1834 2nd Life Guards Sword of
Lt Colonel The Hon Edward Pindar Lygon,
who commanded the Regiment at Waterloo

The following images come from a private collection

Sword of E P Lygon

Note Edward Lygon's initials — clearly visible in the image below.

Current Household Cavalry Officers' Swords

The present-day Offficer's State Sword is based on the first pattern used in
The Life Guards from 1832. This type was also adopted by the 2nd Life Guards,
and The Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) in 1856. Few alterations have taken place
— except for the St Edward's Crown of Queen Victoria's reign, to the Tudor or
Imperial State Crown in 1901, and the disappearance of the Regimental
numbers 1 and 2 for the 1st and 2nd Life Guards.

LG Officer's Sword

Sword - Officer of The Life Guards

RHG/D Officer's Sword

Sword - Officer of The Blues And Royals

Current Household Cavalry ORs Sword