£240
A FIRST WORLD WAR NAVAL OFFICERS SWORD AND SCABBARD. With a 79cm pointed and sharpened blade decorated with a Royal crest and fouled anchor, with brass guard with further fouled anchor beneath a crown, wire bound shagreen grip and lion's head pommel. In brass mounted leather scabbard with decorated mounts and twin ring suspension, 97cm overall. With half of the buckle from the sword belt.
This sword belonged to Commander Frank L. Crook an Engineer Officer who was entitled to a First World War Trio. An officer prior to the war, seniority from 20 Aug 1914. As a Lieutenant Commander he served aboard HMS Cockatrice with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla. *CR Some small areas of degradation to blade, scabbard very well presented with light dents to the lower mount.
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