[Norman McCormick]

Hi,
Today was wet and miserable so my wife and I decided to go to the local auction house and I came back with this along with a small dagger paired in the same lot. This is definately outside my sphere of knowledge so please as much info as you can, I'm especially keen to know what the inscriptions mean. The sword is quite grubby so any help and advice as to cleaning and care also wanted. Will post dagger separately.
Regards,
Norman.