24th Jun, 2026 11:00
Live Sale: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, June 2026
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A 1912 PATTERN CAVALRY OFFICER’S SWORD OF THE ROYAL HORSE GUARDS BY HENRY WILKINSON, PALL MALL
LONDON, NO. 45127 FOR 1914/17
of regulation pattern, with bright slender tapering fullered blade (some minor surface rust), the forte etched ‘I.’ within a foliate cartouche above the maker’s details on one side, and with octagonal gilt maker’s proof mark within an etched star on the other, nickel-plated bowl guard (old rust patination on the inside) chased with crowned foliated ‘RHG’ monogram and pierced for the leather sword-knot, and chequered pommel and composition grip, the latter hollowed for the thumb, in its brown leather-covered field service scabbard, 89.5 cm blade
Provenance
Property of the Marquess of Anglesey, removed from Plas Newydd, Anglesey
Sold for £1,200
LONDON, NO. 45127 FOR 1914/17
of regulation pattern, with bright slender tapering fullered blade (some minor surface rust), the forte etched ‘I.’ within a foliate cartouche above the maker’s details on one side, and with octagonal gilt maker’s proof mark within an etched star on the other, nickel-plated bowl guard (old rust patination on the inside) chased with crowned foliated ‘RHG’ monogram and pierced for the leather sword-knot, and chequered pommel and composition grip, the latter hollowed for the thumb, in its brown leather-covered field service scabbard, 89.5 cm blade
Provenance
Property of the Marquess of Anglesey, removed from Plas Newydd, Anglesey
Auction: Live Sale: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, June 2026, 24th Jun, 2026
Including:
An important English Private Collection
Property of the Marquess of Anglesey from Plas Newydd, Anglesey
The Robert E Brooker Jr. Collection of Rare Antique Arms and Armour, Part V
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