The use of special pattern swords by cavalry officers of the British and Indian Army is well documented. Whilst these swords were usually custom made to meet the requirements of individual officers, others bore regimental insignia and, more rarely, are known to have been approved as regimental patterns in lieu of the then current regulations. To date there has been very little documentation to show to what extent, if any, special patterns were widely adopted by officers of the 7^th (Queen’s Own) Hussars. This paper describes extensive searches of the Wilkinson Proof Records held at the Royal Armouries, Leeds which were made in an attempt to identify such officers and to determine any uniformity in the specifications of their swords where these departed from the regulation pattern for light cavalry. Two 7^th Hussars special patterns were found corresponding to periods 1857 to 1858 and 1893 to 1900, both of which gave rise to design features adopted by officers of other regiments.

英国和印度军队的骑兵军官使用特殊图案的剑是有据可查的。虽然这些剑通常是为满足个别军官的要求而定制的，但其他剑带有团徽章，并且很少被称为团图案，以代替当时的现行规定。到目前为止，已经很少的文档显示到什么程度，如果有的话，特殊的图案是由7人员广泛采用^日（女王的自己）轻骑兵。本文描述了对保存在利兹皇家军械库的威尔金森证明记录的广泛搜索，这些记录旨在识别这些军官，并确定他们的剑的规格是否有任何一致性，这些规格与轻骑兵的规定模式背道而驰。两个 7^个骠骑兵的特殊图案被发现对应时期1857年至1858年和1893至1900年，这两者就产生了设计通过其他军团的军官功能。