Original British Tirah Campaign Victoria Cross Recipient Lieutenant Henry Singleton Pennell of 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters Pattern 1892 Light Officer’s Sword and Scabbard by Wilkinson

Original Item: Only One Available. The spine is this sword is engraved with the serial number 32227, which according to Official records from WILKINSON SWORD ARCHIVE at armsresearch.co.uk , states that this sword was purchased from the Wilkinson Sword Company on July 13th, 1893 by Henry Singleton Pennell, 1st Sherwood Foresters. His Original Medals & VC are currently on display at the Sherwood Foresters Museum, Nottingham Castle, and are only shown in the first image for contextual purposes. Lieutenant Pennell was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces, for action during the Tirah Campaign on the Indian Frontier on October 20th, 1897: “Captain W.E. Clifton-Smith, who commanded ‘D’ Company of the 2nd Bn, Derbyshire Regiment, at Dargai had been shot. Not knowing he had been killed, Lieutenant Pennell, in face of a terrific hail of bullets, rushed to him and made t