British Naval P-1903 Boarding Cutlass & Shore Party Belt Cleaned & Complete Antique Guns You probably know this already

You probably know this already

under a large Queen Elizabeth II Crown on the large Silver colored Helmet plate for the County of "Avon and Somerset"

The Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment" which was known only as "The 19th Regiment of Foot" up until 1881

Truncheon Carrier:

but those have been sorted out and will be offered at another time

British Naval P-1903 Boarding Cutlass & Shore Party Belt Cleaned & Complete Antique Guns You probably know this alreadyOriginal Item: Ever since the early years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth the First (died 1603) the British Navy issued Cutlasses to all Boarding Parties and Shore Parties for security reasons. Be it recovering drunken Naval ratings from the port whorehouses, to Press Ganging new recruits, and just in case there was an encounter with the French, the wearing of a Cutlass was the order of the day when not aboard ship. These are the old P 1903