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A Rare Edward VII Officer's Sword Of The Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry
Circa 1902

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

Sold for £525 inc. premium

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A Rare Edward VII Officer's Sword Of The Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry
Circa 1902

With bright slightly curved pipe-backed blade (some rust patination) double-edged at the spear point, regulation steel hilt pierced and engraved with foliage on both sides, and applied in brass with large 'SYC' monogram below three Leopard's masks of Shropshire, all within a border of dome-headed brass rivets, chequered back-piece and pommel, and ribbed wire-bound fish skin-covered grip, in its steel scabbard with two rings for suspension (hilt and scabbard with surface rust)
88.5 cm. blade

Footnotes

Carried by George Ormsby Gore, 3rd Baron Harlech (1855-1938) who served as Commanding Officer of the Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry from 1902 to 1907

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