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№ 767

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25 March 2014

Hammer Price:
£440

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Officer’s Broadsword, the 82.5 cm blade by Wilkinson Sword Co., Ltd., London (O(6)1080 1926) etched with crowned GVR cypher, the regimental crest and full title, thistle sprays and the owner’s initials G.S.B.B., hand guard of regulation pattern complete with red cloth faced leather liner, wire bound fish skin grip, domed plated pommel with remains only of red silk tassel, complete with its leather covered metal field service scabbard this with plated bottom chape and with its original leather carrying bag stamped with the owner’s initials and ‘Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London’, the blade with some surface rust patches and similar rust areas to the plated hand guard otherwise in good condition £400-600