Beschreibung:

AN OFFICER'S SWORD, PROBABLY BRITISH EARLY 19TH CENTURY; A BRITISH LIFE-GUARD OFFICER'S SWORD, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY; A BRITISH 1897 GEORGE V INFANTRY OFFICER'S SWIRD; AND AN OFFICER'S SPADROON, EARLY 19TH CENTURY the first with curved fullered single-edged blade etched and gilt with foliage and trophies on a blued panel at the base (worn), brass stirrup hilt (restored), and horn grip; the second with associated blade of regulation type, gilt-brass hilt including boatshell guard engraved with an expanded flowerhead in the centre and a border of foliage on the inside, the outer face reinforced with a steel and, engraved pommel, and wire-bound grip, with scabbard (incomplete, now in two pieces); the third with etched blade, plated hilt, in its leather field service scabbard; and the fourth with earlier fullered blade struck with a mark (probably the running fox of Shotley Bridge), brass hilt and fluted hardwood grip the first:75.5 cm; 25 3/4 in blade (4) Provenance The third: Milton R. Macintosh, Rhode Island, acquired December 1970, no. 18 JWHA Inv. Nos. 3501, 3278, 3598