NAM.1961-01-24-1

Pattern 1822 (?), Officer’s Sword, Royal Artillery; blade is slightly curved with etched decoration, including the royal coat of arms with garter, motto and Victorian cypher, the regimental motto, the maker’s name E Thurkle, as well as as well as the regiment’s name and owner’s initials; steel three-bar guard; leather strap and acorn; associated with Major Arthur Slade Baker, born in 1863, made Lieutenant in 1882, Captain in 1890 and Major in 1900.