Presentation of a Sword to Major Hibbert, at Macclesfield, 1856. 'The sword is described in the Macclesfield Courier as "a splendid specimen of the cutler's ; The blade is richly embossed, and bears on one side an inscription of the several engagements in which Major Hugh Robert Hibbert, 7th Fusiliers, has been engaged, each in a scroll, diagonally: Bulgaria; the Alma; Sortie, 26th Oct., 1854; Inkerman; the Trenches; Redan, 18th June; Redan, 8th September; [The sword was presented to Major Hibbert] in acknowledgment and admiration of his heroic and gallant services t
Presentation of a Sword to Major Hibbert, at Macclesfield, 1856. 'The sword is described in the Macclesfield Courier as "a splendid specimen of the cutler's ; The blade is richly embossed, and bears on one side an inscription of the several engagements in which Major Hugh Robert Hibbert, 7th Fusiliers, has been engaged, each in a scroll, diagonally: Bulgaria; the Alma; Sortie, 26th Oct., 1854; Inkerman; the Trenches; Redan, 18th June; Redan, 8th September; [The sword was presented to Major Hibbert] in acknowledgment and admiration of his heroic and gallant services to his Queen and country in the Crimean [The major had] received a dangerous compound fracture of the skull, which compelled his return to England). In the evening there was a banquet at the '. From "Illustrated London News", 1856.
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