Lot 127A
A Scottish basket hilt Highland Regimental pattern presentation broad sword,
Auction: 8 January 2005 at 10:00 GMT
£353
Description
with fish skin grip bound with a double twist of silver wire, with buff leather liner covered in red felt and with red cotton fringe, the double edged etched Wilkinson blade inscribed ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE HIGHEST AGGREGATE (CPL.) A.N.W. KITSON. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders GVR cypher in field service leather scabbard, 36inch blade; also a Royal Artillery Officer's sword 1833 pattern, fish-skin grip, bound with a treble twist of silver wire, the hilt of Regulation Cavalry three-bar section pattern, single edge blade etched with crowned VR cypher by Hart 26 Pall Mall London, in steel scabbard, 36inch blade