£250
1827 pattern Royal Navy officer's sword by Gieves of London, engraved R. Wake, with scabbard suede slip and leather sleeve.( Provenance: By descent through the Benson family. Roger Wake (1918-1988) was the second son of Maj Gen. Sir Hereward Wake (1876-1963) and Margaret Benson (1876-1963). (The Wake family claim direct descent from Hereward the Wake, defender of the Fens against the Normans.)
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