A swagger stick

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EdinUSA
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A swagger stick

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This stick is about 30" long with a silver orb on one end and a silver ferrule on the other, viz:
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It is inscribed with the name of an officer, one Major E.S. Clark of the 5th Brigade RWF

The marks are shown in the photos. I repeated one set that appears on both the head and the ferrule.

I would like to get an idea as to the date which will make tracking down of the good Major easier but any insights would be appreciate.
Thank you.


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Re: A swagger stick

Post by silvermakersmarks »

Hi and welcome to the forum.

Both of the hallmarks are London sterling silver marks with the date letter "n" for the assay year 1908/09. EHW is Edwin Henry Watts and the other mark, WS..o, may be Wilkinson Sword Co, but without a complete mark I cannot be certain.

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Re: A swagger stick

Post by EdinUSA »

Thank you so much. The inscription and the dating helped the fine folks over at the GreatWarForum to id the gentleman in question in a couple of hours. If you are interested, here is the link to the thread

https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/295 ... nt-3078041

I used to do similar research back in the day. This would have taken weeks/months. Amazing.

Thanks again.

Ed
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