Original Item: Only One Available
This is a very nice quality sword dating from the 1890s the final years of the Victorian era. All nickel plate with full Wilkinson Sword Co name and address on blade.
Original wire bound sharkskin grip with classic three-bar guard and comes complete with nickel-plated scabbard and two suspension rings with some nickel losses to the scabbard and hilt.
Blade shows age and losses to the plating and evidence of former storage corrosion from having been long stored with a damp blade. Actually saw service in Egypt with a couple of Arabic characters on the blade confirming, exactly as used by British and Egyptian troops during WW1 against the Ottoman Empire.