Original British WWII Scottish Basket-Hilted Sword Belonging to MI5 Intelligence Officer Lt. Col. Thomas Argyll Robertson Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets The plating is still well

The plating is still well retained

though long out of use

Walter Lampl hired the grooms of his female employees if the men did not have other jobs when they married

It comes with patch box and no wood under the barrel whatsoever

when the Fourth Republic was established

Original British WWII Scottish Basket-Hilted Sword Belonging to MI5 Intelligence Officer Lt. Col. Thomas Argyll Robertson Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets The plating is still wellOriginal Item: Only One Available. This beautifully engraved and etched basket hilted sword belonged to Thomas Argyll Robertson who was a Scottish Intelligence officer with MI5 during WW2 and was responsible for the "Double Cross" ("XX") disinformation campaign against the German intelligence services, including Operation Mincemeat. The disinformation campaign was successful in persuading the Germans that the invasions of Sicily (1943) and Normandy (D