£160
WW1 Staines Volunteer Corps Presentation Sword. An example of the Infantry pattern, the blade with etched decoration of a Crowned GVR cypher. Also with a presentation script "PRESENTED TO SUB COMMANDANT THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR EDWARD CLARKE PC KC BY SUBSCRIBERS TO AND MEMBERS OF THE STAINES VOLUNTEER TRAINING CORPS AS A MARK OF APPRECIATION OF PATRIOTIC SERVICES EFFICIENCY RENDERED SEPTEMBER 1916" The hilt of regulation pattern with Crowned GVR cypher to the guard and shagreen grip. Scabbard absent. Age wear and staining. Sir Edward George Clarke, KC (15 February 1841 – 26 April 1931) was a British barrister and politician, considered one of the leading advocates of the late Victorian era and serving as Solicitor-General in the Conservative government of 1886–1892.
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