A British pattern 1895 infantry officer's sword

A British pattern 1895 infantry officer's sword, originally carried by Major General Charles Rudyerd Simpson, Linconshire Regiment, blade 32.25 in. and etched with details including VR cypher, battle honours 'Atbara' and 'Khartoum', the Simpson family crest of a cresent and the motto 'Tandem Implebitur', and the monogram 'CRS'; regulation hilt with pierced guard incorporating crowned VR cypher and lacking the turned over inner edge that was introduced in 1897, by Henry Wilkinson and numbered 33372, steel scabbard.

Having been second in command in the Sudan, General Simpson later rose to command the Regiment.