United Kingdom. A Scottish Basket Hilt Cavalry Sword, c.1775 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac constructed of a green card

constructed of a green card stock binding with 16 pages of personal information

adorned by a typical red enameled Spanish crown in silvered bronze

wear evident in one corner

then discharged to No

reverse illustrating the coat-of-arms of the noble lineage of Zeppelin

United Kingdom. A Scottish Basket Hilt Cavalry Sword, c.1775 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac constructed of a green cardA very nice and rare example of a horsemans basket hilted broad sword made for an Officer in a Scottish Regiment of Dragoons, likely in the mid to late second half of the 18th century. These sword variants were issued by the Board of Ordnance to British regiments mainly with Scottish associations and were manufactured in the traditional Scottish style. This particular example features an 81 cm double edged blade and is of fine quality. With A. Ferara