14th Aug, 2013 10:00 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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A Victorian 1845 Pattern Burnley Rifles Officer's Sword, the 83cm single edge fullered steel...
A Victorian 1845 Pattern Burnley Rifles Officer's Sword, the 83cm single edge fullered steel blade crisply etched with crowned VR cypher, ribbon legends inscribed Burnley Rifles centred by a strung bugle, with scrolling foliage, the ricasso with F.H and maker's name Gurney & Co., St. James's St. London, the gothic steel hilt pierced with strung bugle and with wire bound fishskin grip, with steel scabbard
**Said to have belonged to a Lieutenant Brown of the Burnley Rifles
**Said to have belonged to a Lieutenant Brown of the Burnley Rifles
Sold for £280
Estimated at £250 - £350
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 14th Aug, 2013
Militaria & Ethnographica
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