A Rifle Officer's Presentation Sword
222*
A Rifle Officer's Presentation Sword
82cm blade of levee weight by E. Thurkle, Maker, 5 Denmark Street, Soho, London, etched with scrolling foliage, a crowned slung bugle horn and VR cypher, owner's crest and presentation inscription, regulation plated steel gothic hilt, incorporating a slung bugle horn, wire bound fish skin covered grip, in its plated steel scabbard, two suspension ring.
Sold for £237 inc. premium

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  • The inscription reads: 2nd L. R. V. Presented to Capt. L. M. Cantlon by the Officers Non-Commissioned officers and Men of 1 Company as a mark of their esteem & regard & in recognition of his zeal & energy while in command of the Company, Jany. 24th 1882.

    Louis M Cantlon Sub-Lieut 1 July 1874 2nd London RVs Captain 25 November 1876 Major 18 Feb 1882, Lieut-Colonel 30 Jan 1884 2nd VB The KRRC (2nd London) Rifle Vols. Retires c1908.

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