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May 13, 2014 by Amanda Moffet

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This is the hilt of the Sword of State from the Honours of Scotland. circa 1503 The Crown, Sceptre and Sword of State are the oldest royal regalia in the United Kingdom. They were shaped in Scotlan...

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Amanda Moffet

Sir Water Scott was one of Scotland’s greatest writers. was well into his Scottish history - he believed that the long-lost Regalia, or Honours of Scotland, were somewhere in Edinburgh Castle, and he set up a Commission to trace them.

More than a hundred years before, in 1707, the Treaty of Union bet...

May 13, 2014
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Christina McFarland Helms

Magnificent sword. Thanks for sharing.

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