£100 - £200
World War I Yeomans cavalry sword, the straight blade engraved with scrolling details, marked C. Boyton & Sons, the blade 25" long, 42" long overall
**This sword was the vendors Grandfather, mentioned in the Supplement to The London Gazette 1918 - 'Lt Gerald Haldane Unwin, Yeo. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Acting as Brigade galloper, he, on two occasions, went forward, with great coolness and indifference to danger, to reconnoitre the village for machine guns'
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