Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2013 : Sale A1072 Lot 308
A BRITISH 1821 PATTERN LIGHT CAVALRY OFFICERS SWORD WITH PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION,

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A BRITISH 1821 PATTERN LIGHT CAVALRY OFFICERS SWORD WITH PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION,
dated for 1839, with single fullered 35in. slightly curving blade, etched with arabesques and foliage surrounding martial trophies on the right hand side and a panel reading 'PRESENTED TO SERGEANT WILLIAM SUTTON CROFTS, 3RD TROOP OF W.Y.C BY CAPTAIN WISE, LIEUTENANT WISE, AND CORNET GALTON AS AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF HIS ZEALOUS AND EFFICIENT SERVICES, AUGUST 1839'', polished iron three-bar hilt with wire-bound sharkskin grip and complete with its polished scabbard (staining to exposed iron parts, mild staining to base of blade)

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Estimate £300-400