Spring Antique Arms and Armor Day - 1
Lot 30:
Ultra Rare 18th C. Scottish Black Watch Regiment GR Basket Hilt Broad Sword. An exceptionally rare basket hilt example of superb quality. Carried by an officer of the Black Watch Regiment of the King George personal bodyguard units. Having a large steel basket guard of distinctive pattern with two large pierced letters GR under the King’s crown, pommel bearing a regiment number 42 and another marking. With its fine shark-skin covered grip bound by a thick twisted brass wire. The sword is mounted with a single-edged blade having one narrow spinal fuller to each side. Both sides with a struck crowned GR cipher over the makers name Drury. A museum rarity piece and a true find for any advanced collector of early Scottish weapons. Overall length 39 1/2". Blade length 32 1/4"
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