An 1821 Pattern Artillery Officer's Presentation Sword
223*
An 1821 Pattern Artillery Officer's Presentation Sword
83cm blade, etched with foliage, a crown, a cannon and presentation inscription, regulation steel three bar hilt, wire bound fish skin covered grip, in its plated steel scabbard, two suspension rings.
Sold for £275 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • The inscription reads: Presented to Lieut Henry Ritson by the Non-Commissioned Officers of the 1st Durham Artillery Volunteers as a mark of their esteem, and a recognition of his efficient discharge of duties of acting adjutant and Hon Secy. to the Corps, Jany. 1863.

    Henry Ritson, 2nd Lieutenant 14th March, 1860, 1st Lieutenant 21st July 1863, Captain 4th June 1864, out by July 1870.

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