WW1 ID’D 1827 PATTERN BRITISH NAVY OFFICERS SWORD & SCABBARD WILKINSON MADE

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1827 PATTERN BRITISH NAVY OFFICER'S SWORD & SCABBARD. THE ORIGINAL OWNER HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE WILKINSON SWORD RECORDS AS E BARNETT, R.N. WHO BOUGHT THIS SWORD IN MARCH 1902. 1902 MADE KING, BEING VERY EARLY GEORGE V ERA MADE PIECE, WITH VERY SHARP DETAILS TO THE BRASS METAL FURNITURE OVER, ESPECIALLY THE BACK STRAP AND GUARD. MAKER MARKED WILKINSON SWORD (PALL MALL LONDON) TO THE SLIGHTLY CURVED 81CM LONG BLADE. BLADE RETAINS ON BOTH SIDES THE ACID ETCHING OF CROWN & ANCHOR, LAUREL WREATHS ETC. RUNNING 2/3 THE WAY DOWN THE BLADE. THE OWNERS FAMILY CREST WAS ALSO APPLIED TO THE SWORD BLADE (SEE FINAL PICTURE). NUMBERED 39318 TO THE BLADE SPINE AND PROOF STAR TO RICASSO.

EXCELLENT FULL GUARD, WITH CROWN & ANCHOR AND LION HEAD WITH INTRICATE MAINE BACKSTRAP. THE SWORD RETAINS THE OLD FASHIONED LOCKING LEVER, WHICH STILL WORKS & THE SCABBARD SHOWS VERY LIGHT WEAR TO THE LEATHER BUT IN GREAT CONDITION OVERALL. THE OLD FASHIONED WILKINSON CREST IS STILL PART OF THE UPPER LOCKET. A CLASSIC OLD TIMER WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN WORN IN THE GREAT DAYS OF THE DREADNOUGHT!

FROM THE BASIC RESERACH I HAVE LOCATED AN ERIK E BARNETT, WHO WAS A SUB LIEUTENANT DURING WW1 WITH THE ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE (NO, 9 KITE BALLOON SECTION). I CAN'T FIND ANY OTHER E. BARNETT'S SO PERHAPS THIS IS THE SAME MAN WHO WORE THIS SWORD.