1827 Pattern Officer's Rifles Sword by Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London. Proven 5th September 1908 for Kenneth Erskine.

This is a 1827 Rifles Pattern Officers' sword with 1892 blade was made for Kenneth Charles Stuart Erskine, 5th Gurkha Rifles and was proven on 5th September 1908 by Wilkinson and Co, Pall Mall, London. It is a special pattern sword made with a patent solid hilt which was a much more stronger hilt than the ordinary made sword made by Wilkinson's and other makers of this time. Another special feature to note is the wreath on the oval surround which was a distinction of the Rifle Brigade who were an allied Regiment of the 5th Gurkhas Rifles.