MARKINGS ON A LANCE HEAD 1868 PATTERN

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by asomotif

Here is the enlargement of the marking.

As this is not a priceless relic, I think I will clean it and see if it reveals more details. Any objections to cleaning it ?

For me personally, as a historian more than collector, I love patination and dislike burnished metal. My old warriors are darkly patinated and only cleaning with WD40 to stabilize any active corrosion. Cleaning heavily often removes markings in my view. Matter of choice.
The lances I had were with ash shafts, but the others (WWI) period were male bamboo. One had blue and yellow pennon (3rd Skinners Horse).

I had others about 7-8 ft. with bamboo, and these had large lead bulbs at the base I think....these were tent pegging lances, a popular pastime with native cavalry in India.

The WWI lances were I think from the units used in Mesopotamia and other regions. One was Patiala Lancers.