United Kingdom. A British Army General's Crossed Sword and Baton Insignia, c.1880 Newly Listed linked by flints

linked by flints

was struck off strength to the Young Soldiers Battalion on October 31st

he told me that they were very old and it didn't matter a bit

evidence of scratches on obverse

United Kingdom. A British Army General's Crossed Sword and Baton Insignia, c.1880 Newly Listed linked by flintsThe blade of the sword wrapped in wide bands of silvered wire, the edges of the sword trimmed in fine silvered wire, the shaft of the baton wrapped in wide bands of gilt wire, the sword's handle, along with three areas and the edges of the baton trimmed in fine gold coloured bullion wire, the reverse in strands of yellowed white threading, measuring 98 mm (w) x 63 mm (h), minor fraying evident in the silvered wire trim on the edge of the sword's