81cm fullered blade, half-basket hilt with large pierced scallop-form fore-guard and matching smaller rear guard, pierced D-shaped knuckle guard decorated to match and supported by scroll supports, large bold lion's head pommel, wire bound grip with turk's heads, contained in its leather wrapped wooden scabbard, later chape and throat lacking. Circa 1760. See Laking No.775 Basket hilted sword of the 1st Troop 1750 - 1780. See also page 206 British Basket-Hilted Swords by Mazansky for an illustration and description of an identical sword in the Royal Armouries IX.1397.