Hammer

£260

Grenadier Guards Officer's Piquet Weight Sword By Wilkinson 1918

32 1/2 inch, dumbbell blade with central fuller.  Etched scroll panels with battle honour scrolls and panels.  Kings crown over Guards badge and Kings crown over GRV.  Forte with maker "Henry Wilkinson Pall Mall London".  Back edge numbered 56096 (1918). Plated steel guard with Guards cartouche.  Plated steel pommel and checkered backstrap.  Shagreen covered grip with twist wire binding.  Contained in its brown leather field scabbard.