81.5cm blade by Thurkle, profusely and finely etched with scrolling foliage, crowned VR cypher, a laurel spray, owner's crest and initials and the inscription PRESENTED TO W.M.R. HAGGARD OF WEST BRADENHAM HALL IN THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK ESQR BY HIS FELLOW PARISHIONERS AS A MARK OF ESTEEM AND AFFECTION ON THE OCCASION OF HIS JOINING THE EAST NORFOLK REGT OF MILITIA WHEN EMBODIED DECR. 27TH 1854 IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE WAR WITH RUSSIA FOR PERMANENT AND ACTIVE SERVICE, characteristic gilt brass Gothic hilt incorporating a crowned VR cypher and profusely chased over all with oak leaves and scrolling foliage, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its steel scabbard.