Original 1823 British Silver Gilt King George IVth Presentation Sword by Prosser- Presented to Lt. Col. Stephen Arthur Goodman Category_Martini-Henry Bayonets • A Blank Firing Attachment

• A Blank Firing Attachment

As of April 2016

The top cover bears serial number 6364 on this very fine example of the most prolific German issued Light Machine gun of WW2

Overall a wonderful totally correct Royal Flying Corps officer’s uniform from WWI

The signatures read as follows:

Original 1823 British Silver Gilt King George IVth Presentation Sword by Prosser- Presented to Lt. Col. Stephen Arthur Goodman Category_Martini-Henry Bayonets • A Blank Firing AttachmentOriginal Item: Presented to Lt. Col. Stephen Arthur Goodman, the Duke of Wellington's Deputy Judge Advocate, who served at Waterloo in 1815 [he was formerly a Lt Col of the 48th Foot]. This sword was presented to the Colonel some 8 years after Waterloo, in 1823, in his capacity as Lt. Col of the George Town Brigade of Militia, in the United Colony of Demerara Essequibo [latterly British Guyana] while still on half pay as Col. Of the 48th Foot. This