82cm blade by Wilkinson, serial no. 65917 for 1936, etched with scrolling foliage, GVIR cypher, regimental badge and battle honours of the Coldstream Guards and the owner's initials J.H.B, regulation pierced steel hilt brass decoration and the motif of the Life Guards, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its field service scabbard. The initials are those of Major John Hood Bowman, captured by the Japanese in February 1942 and liberated in September 1945. Bowman did not serve in the Life Guards, perhaps rehilted by a relative (?).