£220
Two RMC Sandhurst prize swords. Both marked 'Royal Military College - PRIZE - June 1869' and 'Won by C.W. Norton', and presented by Prince George (Field-Marshall Commanding-in-Chief) on 15/06/1869, who was accompanied by four lieutenants-general including Sir James Scarlett of Crimea fame.
83 cm (32.5") flexible blades, full steel hand-guards with sword-knot slots, wire-bound Morrocco leather wooden grips.
Cecil William Norton (1850-1930) was a double prizeman at Trinity College, Dublin, as well as at the RMC. He passed out of Sandhurst as an Under-Officer in December 1869 (3rd ex 36 cadets who qualified for commissioned by purchase) and entered the 5th Royal Irish Lancers as a cornet in April 1870. He was Brigade Major of Cavalry at Aldershot from 1881 till 1882, when he retired as captain. He was Liberal MP for West Newington for 24 years (1891-1916) and Assistant Postmaster-General from 1910 to 1916, when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Rathcreedan of Bellehatch Park.
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