The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

City of London Imperial Volunteers Swagger Stick.
70cm, the silver top bearing the C.I.V. Arms and the inscription ‘Presented to William Rome Esq. by the Lord Mayor of London at the banquet given to C.I.V.s on their return from South Africa, October 29th 1900.’, hallmarks for London 1900, plain white metal bottom ferrule, good condition £40-£60

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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William Rome is shown in the City Directory of 1900 as Common Councillor and member of the Printers’ Company and Turners’ Company, being former Master of each. He is also shown as the owner of ‘Sweetings’ fishmongers of Cheapside, Queen Street, and Fleet Street.