GEORGE VI ROYAL COMPANY OF ARCHERS KING'S BODYGUARD GREEN DRESS UNIFORM
MID-20TH CENTURY
Auction: Day 2: Thursday 21 August - Lots 297 - end
Description
comprising jacket and trousers, both with gilt bullion work detail of thistles, with a pair of epaulettes with green trim and extensive bullion work detail including RCA devices, black bicorn also with bullion work including RCA device; together with a ROYAL COMPANY OF ARCHERS DRESS SHORT SWORD, of Roman type, the double edged 20 ½ inch blade waisted at the forte, narrow central fullers, etched with crowned GVIR cypher, by Stewart Christie & Co, 88 George Street, Edinburgh, mounted in an ornate gilt-brass cross hilt embossed with scrolls and acanthus leaves, button terminal quillons, with a gilt-brass mounted leather scabbard, locket and chape with scrolling borders and a frog stud
Dimensions
the sword 69cm long