NAM.1977-06-60-1

Basket-hilted broadsword for privates of the 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment, 1770-1775 (c). Blade marked with the maker’s name, Jefris or Jefferys, and the letters ‘GR’; pommel marked with the Regiment’s number. Jefferys was one of the two men known to have supplied these swords to the Board of Ordnance; the other was Drury. Privately purchased by the Regiment. After service in America, 1784, broadswords were abolished for privates of Highland Regiments.