1827 pattern Rifle Volunteers sword

1827 pattern Rifle Volunteers sword, wire bound fish skin grip, steel guard, slighty curved engraved blade with presentation "Presented by the Officers & Men of the IVth Aberdeenshire Rifle Volunteers Corps (Alford) as a mark of their regard and esteemto Mr Farquharson Mintoon his appointment as EnsignJuly 1st 1864", steel scabbard, overall length 99cm. The 4th Aberdeenshire Rifle Volunteer Corps was formed in 1860 as a civilian volunteer unit and under the Childers Reforms were officially designated as the 4th Volunteer Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders. Ensign Minto is recorded as having resigned in 1867.1827 pattern Rifle Volunteers sword, wire bound fish skin grip, steel guard, slighty curved engraved blade with presentation "Presented by the Officers & Men of the IVth Aberdeenshire Rifle Volunteers Corps (Alford) as a mark of their regard and esteemto Mr Farquharson Mintoon his appointment as EnsignJuly 1st 1864", steel scabbard, overall length 99cm. The 4th Aberdeenshire Rifle Volunteer Corps was formed in 1860 as a civilian volunteer unit and under the Childers Reforms were officially designated as the 4th Volunteer Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders. Ensign Minto is recorded as having resigned in 1867.