Hammer

£340

3rd Bn Rifle Brigade attributed Victorian Officers Levee Pattern Sword by Wilkinson. A scarce example with a 1/2 inch wide 31 inch blade, with etched decoration of a crowned VR cypher, the reverse with the title 3rd Bttn Rifle Brigade and Battle Honours of the Regiment the last being Lucknow. Also an armourial crest and initials E.H.C. The forte with the cutlers details of Wilkinson and the blade is numbered 19946 (1875). The hilt of the regulation pattern with shagreen grip and housed in metal scabbard. Etching clear GC. Attributed to Captain Edward Hugh Crofton, The Rifle Brigade (1854-.82)