Victorian British Officers Sword – Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston

Victorian British Officers Sword belonging to Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston KCB DSO. The sword is regulation with steel hilt with slung bugle; fish skin grip bound with twisted wire back strap and stepped pommel. The blade slightly curved engraved with Victorian crown and slung bugle the reverse with floral decoration and family crest plus initials AHW. Makers details Pulford and Co London plus proof plug. Complete with steel scabbard which shows age wear to the painted finish plus two small dents towards the drag. Lieutenant-General Sir Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston, KCB, DSO 23 September 1864 – 18 March 1940 was a British Army officer who served in the First World War on the Western Front, at Gallipoli in 1915, and in the very early stages of the Somme Offensive in 1916 he was also a Scottish Unionist MP.