NAM.1981-12-77-1

Presentation sword, presented to Major R K Stewart, D Tropp Queen’s Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry, June 1892; blade inscribed with dedication and regimental name similar to 1845 cavalry officer’s sword, engraved with thistles, crown and Queen Victoria cypher; decorated silver plated scrolled guard similar to heavy cavalry officer’s undress wear 1887, enlivened with putt, one bearing a wreath and book, the other bearing an oral cartouche inscribed with the owners initials, RKS; the backpiece bears a trophy of arms and palmottos similar to scroll guard hilt for heavy cavalry officers undress sword, pattern 1887.