Original Scottish 1700s Jacobite Uprising Era Basket Hilt Broad Sword with Sharkskin-Wrapped Grip & Scarce Original Scabbard - Faint Maker’s Marks on Blade Helmets Now we are told the

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A very rare piece

Originally purchased by us from the Egyptian Army in 1976

as it marked the last major offensive attempted by the Axis Powers on the Western front

James Purdey of London

Original Scottish 1700s Jacobite Uprising Era Basket Hilt Broad Sword with Sharkskin-Wrapped Grip & Scarce Original Scabbard - Faint Maker’s Marks on Blade Helmets Now we are told theOriginal Item. Only One Available. There are few weapons that carry such cultural significance as that of the Scottish Basket Hilted Broad sword. " frequently a family heirloom often in its second or third hilting the Highlanders 'sword was far more than just a weapon. The great symbolic value of these arms was not lost upon the Duke of Cumberland. A bounty was paid from the royal purse of one shilling for every broadsword picked up from the