An early 20th Century light infantry officer's sword by Fenton Brothers Sheffield to the War Office, 79cm blade, the blade etched H A Cotching 4th June 1915, pieced D shaped knuckle guard with leather scabbard. NB - Lieutenant Houghton Aldgate Cotching saw extensive service in World War One including Ypres Salient, Arras and the Somme. On 8/10/16 he was wounded to the abdomen, survived and was later promoted to the Royal Engineers and then chief mechanical engineer on the Haifa railway.

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Light pitting and patches to blade, scabbard is good

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