A Royal Artillery Pattern HAC Officers Sword. 40 ½” overall, 34" straight spear pointed blade with one fuller, with trailing foliage, ‘Honourable Artillery Company’, and Artillery Thunder Bolts, on the other side trailing foliage, Kings Crown HAC badge over a canon and London and ‘R.Groves. Wellington St Woolwich’. Steel three bar hilt, with stepped pommel, chequered back strap, fish skin grip with three strand silver wire. In its original nickel plated steel scabbard
Mid 20th century
Sword in very good condition, finely etched blade in very good condition.
R Groves, a military tailor whose swords were made by Wilkinson