Small straight three-edged sword blade, hollow ground and of isosceles section with a narrow, full-length central fuller. Gilt panel at the hilt etched with a circular cartouche framing a crowned monogram of GR and on the inner face, the Stuart Royal Arms. The decoration includes on each face a series of allegorical figures, each identified by an inscription: Justitia, Fides, Spes, and Fortiudo (sic). Struck on the outer face of the tang are the letters W.L, on the forward edge, I XXVIII, and on the rear edge, X. The blade has been broken 7 in. from the hilt and repaired with two bridges riveted across the break on each face.