This pattern of naval sword has been heavily reproduced in India and sold via World Wide Arms, however, whether any of them have the Gieves name on them I so not know, though I have seen them with a variety of makers / retailers on the blade. The crown is a Kings crown and so this puports to be post 1902 . It must also therefore be ( if genuine ) pre 1953. Gieves changed its name to Gieves & Hawkes in 1974 . The repro swords ( & I am not saying this is a repro ) were never supplied with a sword knot, but World Wide Arms have been selling genuine naval sword knots which they acquired from Wilkinsons when they closed down.
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