E1151

Hilt of sword, Royal Marines Long Caption: Royal Marines sword, which belonged to Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Congreve Langley Durnford (active 1851-1877). The hilt of the sword consists of a steel open half-basket guard, with three bars, a fluted pommel and a plain back. The black fish-skin grip is bound with twisted silver wire. The slightly curved steel blade has a flat back and a wide groove extending to within 260 mm of the double-edged spear point. The obverse of the blade is engraved with the words 'Royal Marine Artillery' on a garter surrounding a grenade, with a crown and a lion above, and further decoration above and below. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: WPN1170 Artist: Dudley Date: 1867 Medium: steel; fish-skin; silver wire Size: 110 mm x 1035 mm x 135 mm; 870 mm x 29 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.