£500 - £800
An Edward VIII 1895 pattern Infantry Officers sword by Wilkinson Sword Co Ltd, London, serial number 66049, placing this sword between 1933-1939 on the Royal Armouries Index. The blade etched with scrolled foliage and crowned EVIIIR cypher to each side, hilt having crowned EVIIR cypher, shagreen and wire grip. The sword belonged to Major David Munto Wilkie 73200 of the Royal Tank Regiment, having left Sandhurst in 1937 and joining the Royal Tank Corps as a 2nd Lieutenant, Temporary Captain in 1941 before a Captain in 1945 in the Royal Tank Regiment
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