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Old 13th January 2015, 09:43 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by Hotspur
The image properties show it was of the palace guards for Tonga. Nuku’Alofa. late king's funeral procession. It is not a British 1912 pattern but more similar to an earlier pattern, likely the British 1897 infantry officer sword.

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I would entirely agree , it is the 1897 Pattern British Infantry sword .
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