United Kingdom. A Pattern 1897 Infantry Officer’s Sword, by Wilkinson 1917 Auction Archive 100 - copyrighted in 1996

100 - copyrighted in 1996

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United Kingdom. A Pattern 1897 Infantry Officer’s Sword, by Wilkinson 1917 Auction Archive 100 - copyrighted in 1996Offered is the standard regulation infantry officers sword in the United Kingdom from 1897 onward. It remained (and in ceremonial form still remains) the official infantry officers sword of the British Army and many Commonwealth forces. Manufactured by Wilkinson in 1917, featuring a straight, fullered blade 81 cm in length, spear point, optimized for thrusting, marked and dated near hilt. Threequarter basket hilt of steel, with the royal cypher of