A Scottish Officers Regimental basket-hilted broadsword By Fenton engraved with the name of th...

A Scottish Officer's Regimental basket-hilted broadsword By Fenton engraved with the name of the former owner Lieut B. Murdock, Royal Scots With tapering fullered double-edge blade etched along the forte on one side with crowned 'GRV' cypher between symmetrical designs of foliage crown and royal coat of arms, and 'A Burn-Murdoch 8th Btn The Royal Scots', the ricasso etched with 'Fenton Brother Sheffield, Culter est 1850, sword cutlers to the War office' and along the other with matched design stamped 'approved, regulation steel guard retaining its buff leather liner faced in red woollen cloth and with red tassel, in its leather covered scabbard, with sword bag, A copy of a photograph of Lieut B Murdoch, and a copy of his First world war medal roll detail, 83 cm. blade. Footnotes: The Sword of Lieut B. Murdock Royal Scots For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com