A small collection of European edged weapons, comprising: a British 1854 pattern infantry officer's

A small collection of European edged weapons, comprising: a British 1854 pattern infantry officer's sword, etched blade with crowned 'VR' cypher, brass 'gothic' hilt retaining traces of gilding, steel scabbard; a French 1866 pattern bayonet, yataghan type blade, brass grip, steel scabbard; a British issue machete by Samuel Kitchen of Sheffield, broad blade dated 1918, grip secured by copper rivets, leather scabbard; a wooden hilted derivative of an F-S fighting knife, possibly wartime RAF issue, leather scabbard with blackened copper chape (see Ron Flook, British and Commonwealth Military Knives, p. 67); and two stag handled knives. [6]