Author: v3l0c1r

victoriansword:

British Pattern 1822 Infantry Officer’s Sword

“WOOLLEY & SARGANT, BIRMINGHAM
A BRITISH OFFICER’S 1822 PATTERN SWORD WITH BLUE & GILT BLADE AND GEORGE IV CYPHER, circa 1830 with 32 1/2in. slightly curved pipe-backed blade and quill tip, the first half of the blade with gilded floral motifs, urns and trophys on a blued ground with arabesque terminal, makers details to the forte, gilded three-bar ‘gothic’ hilt with cypher of George IV (hilt miss-shapen, losses to gilding), folding pierced inner guard, wire-bound sharkskin grip and gilded back-strap with integral pommel (rubbed), complete with its brass-mounted black leather scabbard, the throat marked ‘DEAKIN’S PATENT’ (leather renewed).”

malformalady:

A stunning
new photo project offers unprecedented insight into the wild and
desolate exclusion zone surrounding the Fukushima nuclear power plant –
where tonnes of contaminated soil lie untouched and overgrown forest is
engulfing hundreds of abandoned vehicles and homes. The
12.5-mile exclusion zone around the nuclear plant now resembles
post-apocalyptic scenes from The Walking Dead after it was instantly
abandoned following the 2011 nuclear disaster. People
deserted the area after warnings of dangerous levels of radioactivity,
leaving cars, classrooms and libraries to be swallowed by the overgrown
wilderness

Photo credit(all): Arkadiusz Podniesinski