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A Victorian Officer's Sword Of The Coldstream Guards
By Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London, No. 19405 For 1874

29 March 2017, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £400 inc. premium

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A Victorian Officer's Sword Of The Coldstream Guards
By Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London, No. 19405 For 1874

With bright slightly curved fullered blade double-edged towards the point and etched along one side with maker's details, battle honours between symmetrical foliage from 'Waterloo' to 'Lincelles', and crowned 'VR' monogram above crossed laurels, and on the other with symmetrical foliage, owner's crest and monogram, battle honours from 'Alma' to 'Sevastapol', and crowned regimental badge above crossed laurels, regulation pierced steel hilt (some surface rust) involving regimental badge in an oval, partly chequered back-piece, and ribbed wire-bound fish skin-covered grip, in its steel scabbard (surface rust overall) with two rings for suspension
82.5 cm. blade

Footnotes

Carried by George Ormsby Gore, 3rd Baron Harlech (1855-1938) who served in the regular army as a Lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards from 1875 to 1883.

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