A 1796 PATTERN INFANTRY OFFICER'S SWORD

A 1796 PATTERN INFANTRY OFFICER'S SWORD of regulation type, with straight blade etched and gilt on a blued panel at the forte, including the owner's name 'Lloyd', the crowned Royal Arms, 'John Gill's warranted' on one face and with crowned GR cypher and trophies on the other, brass hilt retaining traces of silver plating and wooden grip (quillon and wire-binding missing), in its brass-mounted leather scabbard 80.5 cm; 31 3/4 in blade