Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part I)

A Scottish Highland regiment officer’s broadsword, the 33 inch, double-edged blade with central fuller, copper-gilt basket hilt of regulation pattern, squared fishskin covered grip bound with copper wire, hilt somewhat misshapen, blade worn and gilding rubbed overall £300-350

The gilt basket hilt for Highland regiments was superseded by a steel hilt in 1828.