Gothic-hilted sabre, with gilt-brass hilt, the backplate leading to a stepped oval pommel. Grip covered in grey fishskin and bound at intervals with wire. D-shaped knuckleguard with a pierced oval cartouche enclosing the Royal Cipher WRIV. Pipe-backed curved blade. Of the 1822 pattern for infantry officers, probably made in 1830.

This may be the sword worn by William IV in his portrait in the uniform of the Grenadier Guards, painted by David Wilkie in 1833 (RCIN 404931). The hilt in the portrait is without the regulation black patent-leather lining, as is this sword. The scabbard is apparently of brass, which was introduced in 1832.

Some time before 1830 the Grenadier Guards adopted a regimental version of this hilt, with the Royal Cipher on a grenade rather than within an oval. The Dress Regulations of 1822 describe this pattern of sword.