Lot 1003, 19 Sep 03
Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby, K.G., G.C.B., G.C.V.O., C.B., P.C., J.P., D.L., who raised The Liverpool Pal’s during The Great War
An important 1854 pattern Grenadier Guards officer’s sword, blade 84cm by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London (No 26458) etched with VR cypher, regimental device, battle honours within scrolls to Egypt 1882, owner’s family crest and initials ‘E.G.V.S.’, with its steel scabbard, blade d...