A World War I Machine-Gunner's Sidearm Of The Royal Welsh Fusiliers, A Lancashire Militia Hanger, A Victorian Rifles Officer's Sword, An Edwardian Infantry Officer's Sword, And A Copy Of A Victorian Infantry Officer's Sword Of The Indian Army

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THE FIRST CIRCA 1917-18, THE SECOND LATE 18TH CENTURY, THE REMAINDER CIRCA 1860 AND LATER

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A World War I Machine-Gunner's Sidearm Of The Royal Welsh Fusiliers, A Lancashire Militia Hanger, A Victorian Rifles Officer's Sword, An Edwardian Infantry Officer's Sword, And A Copy Of A Victorian Infantry Officer's Sword Of The Indian Army
The first circa 1917-18, the second late 18th Century, the remainder circa 1860 and later
The first entirely of steel, with broad double-edged leaf-shaped blade, folding disc hand-guard, and grip (probably originally with cord binding) terminating in a sharpened pommel; the second with slightly curved single-edged fullered blade stamped on both faces with cutler's initials 'SH' within a running fox (for Samuel Harvey of Birmingham), brass hilt with heart-shaped guard engraved '6/30' and 'M:Lancashire', two side-bars, and brass barley-twist grip (quillon missing)
The first 23½in. (59.7cm.), the second with 24¾in. (62.8cm.) blade (5)

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The machine-gunner's sidearm is an extremely rare example of a limited number of weapons acquired by Lord Howard de Walden when commanding a battalion of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in 1917. These weapons were used by the battalion's Mills Bombers and Lewis Gunners, and would normally have been carried in a webbing scabbard

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