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Aaaaah ….
“Burberry, The King of Weatherproofs” !
A claim no doubt disputed only by aficionados of
Driza-Bone.
I wonder if Burberry was the
supplier of the subject sword, made by a cutler who
might have put his less apparent maker’s mark elsewhere on the blade ? There would have been a myriad of suppliers and many makers in KGV’s day.
I note that in 1919 King George V granted Thomas Burberry a Royal Warrant as Tailors. Flagship store at No 18-22 The Haymarket, but they were also at No 30, in 1891. Mr Burberry’s first store opened in 1856 in ……… Basingstoke, when he was 21.
... I would doubt if he ever got into actual sword-making.
These links were grabbed in haste.
https://www.militariahub.com/the-his...ritish-swords/
http://stories-of-london.org/burberry/ ... We used to hang out at the real Grace Brothers' store at Warringah Mall
HTH - LFH
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