WELLINGTON'S SWORD
The following letter recently appeared in the "Westminster Gazette Sir,—lt.seems a pity that an interestins relic of one of the country's greatest ' men should have a possible chiinco, of being acquired.by another nation. v '!'he enclosed cutting is from tho cata- . logue of Messrs. Christie, Jianson, and Woods for August 3: ■iS A presentation sword, with a hilt and scabbard of brass, the pom- . mel of the latter shaped as an eagle's head. (Presonted to the Duko of Wellington, when Marquis of Wollesley. by the Portuguese Government; the blade inscribed: "To the Son'of Mars, Terror of Bonaparte, Defender of Portugal, etc., etc." —Yours obediently, ' JAMES STEWAKT-MURKAY. ' 177 nigh. Street, Battersea, S.W.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2890, 30 September 1916, Page 11
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113WELLINGTON'S SWORD Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2890, 30 September 1916, Page 11
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