A KING'S SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY OFFICER'S SWORD BY HENRY WILKINSON

Circa 1900
By 'HENRY WILKINSON PALL MALL LONDON', serial number 37870, the ornately engraved straight steel blade, 81cm long, engraved 'PRESENTED TO LT DONALD WOOD BY SOME OF HIS RELATIONS IN MEMORY OF THE SIEGE OF LADYSMITH OCTOBER 1899 TO MARCH 1900', with pierced steel guard containing Light Infantry cypher and a wire bound composite grip