Ok Gents,
Well I've made some calls.
Imperial war museum.
No luck, can't seem to get through to the right person so I've left a message.
Tower of London.
Managed to sweet talk them into letting me speak to the curator of armouries who deals with swords. Lovely lady, actualy happened to be looking through a book on yeomanry weapons and uniforms at the time!!
I've sent her the pictures and she will let us know if she can ID it or hopefully point us in the right direction if she cannot.
I contacted her because the Tower has one of the finest collections in the UK and its curators should be familiar with the regalia of London.
She has suggested from my telephone description that if she cannot help, we might try Westminster Palace, or the Kensington Palace court dress collection.
P.S.
A thought has just occured.
The chain on the portcillis is very short (in number of links)
Could this be an identifying factor?
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