Kings Own Scottish Borderers Officers Sword

Kings Own Scottish Borderers Officers Sword ER 2 with owner initials W T C Regulation pattern sword with full basket and cross guard, the grip fish skin wire bound. straight broad sword blade with small central fuller, etched with E R 2 crown and regimental badge surrounded by thistle floral design. The blade is not in the best of condition with staining but all etching visible. It is complete with field service scabbard. Notes: The Regiment was created in 1689 as a crisis measure for the defence of Edinburgh against the Jacobites and in 2006 became part of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.