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Auction: 26003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 385

Sold by Order of the Family

The 1831 Pattern General Officers sword carried by Major-General C. Adams C.B.

Of standard form, the curved blade, single-edged for much of its length, etched with foliate designs and, on its nearside, with the General Officer's rank badge of a crossed sword and baton beneath a crown and with the retailer's name and address by McCallan & Gould, St James's St., London, etched blade, bone handle, with rather worn sword knot, with its brass scabbard with fittings, wear commensurate with consistent use, very fine

For Major-General Adams's Orders, Decorations and Medals and biographical details, please see Lot 244, and for the Russian bugle found on the field at Inkermann, please see Lot 386.

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Estimate
£300 to £500

Starting price
£240