Talk:Pattern 1897 infantry officer's sword

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A fact from Pattern 1897 infantry officer's sword appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 September 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the 1897 Pattern British Infantry Officer's Sword was carried into battle by a young Bernard Montgomery, was used in service against the Dervishes in Sudan, and is still the ceremonial sidearm for many British regiments?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/September.

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Dates

I've used the dates for the pattern introductions described by both Robson and Withers. They differ from those described by Wilkinson Latham but the ones I've used seem to be the generally accepted ones now. Epeeist smudge 17:27, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

References

For now I've been lazy and added the references at the end. At a later date I will replace these with in-line references. Epeeist smudge 17:27, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If these in-line citations can be added, the article can probably be promoted to a B class.AustralianRupert (talk) 00:45, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Weapon vs Equipment

Similarly to the gothic hilted sword article, I've reverted the change from victorian equipment category back to weapon. They were issued and used as weapons up to WW1, regardless of their actual utility. Epeeist smudge (talk) 13:20, 12 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Variants

I've placed a small addition to the variants sections as WKC make an unetched version for Warrant Officers which never drawn. The only Warrant Officer that draws his sword is the London GSM at Trooping The Colour [[1]]. --Panzer71 (talk) 13:17, 1 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]