British, 19th century, double-edged blade, ribbed brass hilt, issued to non-commissioned officers, mudlarking find from the River Thames, 25 in.Note:ÿAn excerpt from Hume's 1956 book Treasure in the Thames: "...I received a letter from a man who had been working on the river foreshore close to the Blackwall Tunnel and had found a sword buried deep in the mud..."For further reading, refer toÿhttps://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.4824ÿpages 223-224.Provenance: The I. Noel Hume Collection of Artifacts and Antiquities some loses to gilt on handle, pitting and corrosion throughout (as one might expect when fished from a river)