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Infantry officer's sword with V.R. crest on brassPhotograph unavailable
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Infantry officer's sword with V.R. crest on brass

Collection reference
GLRRM : 00945
Object type
edged weapons

Infantry officer's sword with V.R. crest on brass hilt. Engraved on blade "LXI South Gloucestershire" with stag crest and motto "Virtute et Valore"; also monogram "MCO'C". Manufactured by Henry Wilkinson of Pall Mall, Londson. Belonged to Major M.C. O'Connell, formerly of the 61st South Gloucestershire Regiment and 2nd Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment, 1867-1886.