â’¶ A SAXON MODEL 1840 ARTILLERY SHORTSWORD AND THREE FURTHER CONTINENTAL SHORTSWORDS

of regulation type, the first stamped 'PDL' within a beaded oval at the forte and with brass hilt; the second for a pioneer, with broad saw-backed blade and brass hilt; the third with slightly curved blade and sheet steel basket-guard, and the fourth with a brief inscription on the blade, brass stirrup hilt, in its scabbard

the first: 48.0 cm; 19 in blade

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Property from the David Jeffcoat Collection (1945-2020)

Part proceeds to benefit Westminster Abbey