2nd Jul, 2024 10:00
SUMMER VIRTUAL FINE ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOUR AUCTION
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A VICTORIAN GURKHA RIFLE OFFICER'S SWORD TO THE SON OF A VICTORIA CROSS RECIPIENT
81.5cm levee blade etched with scrolling foliage, crowned VRI cypher and a strung bugle horn, maker's panel for HAWKES & CO., regulation pierced steel gothic hilt incorporating a crowned strung bugle horn, the inside of the hilt with traces of plated finish and engraved with the owner's name C.K. CHANNER 3RD GURKHAS, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its black leather field service scabbard. General George Channer received his Victoria Cross while serving with the 1st Gurkha Rifles in Malay on the 20th od December 1875.
Sold for £360
81.5cm levee blade etched with scrolling foliage, crowned VRI cypher and a strung bugle horn, maker's panel for HAWKES & CO., regulation pierced steel gothic hilt incorporating a crowned strung bugle horn, the inside of the hilt with traces of plated finish and engraved with the owner's name C.K. CHANNER 3RD GURKHAS, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its black leather field service scabbard. General George Channer received his Victoria Cross while serving with the 1st Gurkha Rifles in Malay on the 20th od December 1875.
Auction: SUMMER VIRTUAL FINE ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOUR AUCTION, 2nd Jul, 2024
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