| Reference Number | AJH/9 |
| Title | Dress Sword of Andrew John Horne Junior |
| Date | 1900-1949 |
| Creator Name | Phillips; T.G. ([fl. nineteenth - early twentieth century]); military tailor and outfitter |
| Description | Dress sword belonging to Andrew John Horne (1891-1963). Straight blade etched with floral decoration, crowned "GRV" cypher, a six-pointed star, the motto "IN ARDUIS FIDELIS" and the words "TO THE KING/T.G. PHILLIPS/4, DAME ST./DUBLIN". In hard brown leather scabbard within [cloth] pouch and outer carrying case. Horne was a Captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War and was a son of Sir Andrew John Horne (1856-1924). |
| Extent | 4 items |
| Dimensions | Sword: 970mm (length) x 26mm (max. width) |
| Digital Collections | View online in our digital collections |
| Copyright | Free to use under the terms of the Creative Commons Licence Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) |
| Credit Line | Royal College of Physicians of Ireland |
| Object Name | Sword |
| Sword-Sheath |
| Term | Weapons |
| First World War, 1914-1918 |