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Description: | Royal Marines sword, the hilt of the sword consists of a gilt, half-basket guard with the Royal cipher 'VR' below a crown, which is inserted in the outer bars. The black fish-skin grip is bound with three gold wires. The Wilkinson steel blade, is flat-backed and slightly curved with a spear point. The steel scabbard has two bands with rings for belt slings. There is a spring clip at the top of the top locket to engage with the hole in the hilt, which was added by the owner of the sword and is not original. The shoulder of the blade bears a Wilkinson proof mark and the words 'Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall'. The blade also bears the letters 'RCJB' (or 'RCSB'), Queen Victoria's cipher and a crown and the number '10701'. Research in 1946 by Bosanquet revealed that Wilkinson's sold the sword to Hunter & Guthrie who were military outfitters based at 12, Cork Street, London between 1855-1860. This sword is the pattern used by Army Infantry Officers.
caption: sword, Royal Marines
caption: hilt of sword, Royal Marines | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Royal Marines Hunter & swords Army Infantry Guthrie Officer Queen Victoria Bosanquet H.T. Henry Wilkinson | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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