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Infantry Officer’s Sword, Pattern 1803. Made by Thomas Gill, gun and sword manufacturer, 1810 (c). Curved 750mm single-edged blade finely etched over most of its length on each side with foliage, an angel, a figure of Britannia, trophies of arms, the Royal arms and the arms of Clinton with motto ‘LOYALTE NA HONTE’. Two thirds of the etched decoration on each side blued and gilt, gilt brass stirrup hilt with langets cast as bearded masks, the guard engraved with bands of geometric designs, lion-masked pommel with the mane extending down the grip strap, and wire-bound chequered ivory grip. Associated with Lt Gen Sir Henry Clinton (the Younger) (1771-1829), Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo (1815).

Waterloo, Battle of, 1815 (Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo 1815)