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Ceremonial Swords for The Coronation -- Mr. Charles Webb, 22 years in the business, is seen etching and embossing a partizan for St. James Palace Yeomanry of the Guard. Sword outters are now busy making officers' ceremonial swords or refurbishing old ones in preparation for the Coronation. The Wilkinson Sword Company, of Acton, which still carries on this work, at present has orders for 2,000. This is the largest order of its kind since the Coronation of 1937. At present the demand for swords averages about 100 a week, but after the Coronation, and the royal visit to Australia and New Zealand, it is expected to drop to about 50 a week. This firm has had the market largely to itself. The new swords follow about a dozen different patterns. They are being made for the Household Cavalry, the Yeomen of the Guard, the R.A.F. and others. Many of the existing swords including those belonging to the Yeomen of the Guard, are being sent to the firm to be brought 'up to date'. January 15, 1953. (P.

Ceremonial Swords for The Coronation -- Mr. Charles Webb, 22 years in the business, is seen etching and embossing a partizan for St. James Palace Yeomanry of the Guard. Sword outters are now busy making officers' ceremonial swords or refurbishing old ones in preparation for the Coronation. The Wilkinson Sword Company, of Acton, which still carries on this work, at present has orders for 2,000. This is the largest order of its kind since the Coronation of 1937. At present the demand for swords averages about 100 a week, but after the Coronation, and the royal visit to Australia and New Zealand, it is expected to drop to about 50 a week. This firm has had the market largely to itself. The new swords follow about a dozen different patterns. They are being made for the Household Cavalry, the Yeomen of the Guard, the R.A.F. and others. Many of the existing swords including those belonging to the Yeomen of the Guard, are being sent to the firm to be brought 'up to date'. January 15, 1953. (P.
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Ceremonial Swords for The Coronation -- Mr. Charles Webb, 22 years in the business, is seen etching and embossing a partizan for St. James Palace Yeomanry of the Guard. Sword outters are now busy making officers' ceremonial swords or refurbishing old ones in preparation for the Coronation. The Wilkinson Sword Company, of Acton, which still carries on this work, at present has orders for 2,000. This is the largest order of its kind since the Coronation of 1937. At present the demand for swords averages about 100 a week, but after the Coronation, and the royal visit to Australia and New Zealand, it is expected to drop to about 50 a week. This firm has had the market largely to itself. The new swords follow about a dozen different patterns. They are being made for the Household Cavalry, the Yeomen of the Guard, the R.A.F. and others. Many of the existing swords including those belonging to the Yeomen of the Guard, are being sent to the firm to be brought 'up to date'. January 15, 1953. (P
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