British, Late Victorian c. 1896, 1897 Pattern Infantry Officer’s Sword, VR Cypher, Henry Wilkinson Pall Mall London, Serial No. 34019, with Steel Service Scabbard and Sword Knot, Exceptional
Exceptional WWI Onions Family Identity Disc Group – John Onions 3054, Manchester Regiment & Company Sergeant Major; Arthur Onions 9880 DCM KIA, South Lancashire Regiment
An exceptional fully researched WWI father-and-son identity disc group to the Onions family of Douglas, Isle of Man, centred on Company Sergeant Major Arthur Onions DCM, South Lancashire Regiment—an Old Contemptible, decorated for gallantry and killed in action in 1918—together with the matched Manchester Regiment fibre identity discs of his father John Onions, and strong family links to brother Joseph Onions, wounded and gassed in 1918.
