Seaforth Highlanders 'Field-Officer's' broadsword. Pattern 1834 broadsword blade (Wilkinson serial# 24661) with a nickel half-basket. This sword was made in 1881. Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall London. By appointment to the Prince of Wales (with his crest). On the blade is also the crest of the Christopher family with the Motto "Deo conservatus". It is a Blazon Two Arms Embowed, Vested Az., The Hands Ppr., Supporting An Anchor Sa., Cabled Arg. SourceFairbairn's Book of Crests, 1905 ed. [This crest may be a type of hallmark or maker's mark]. The Claymore (1828/65/68 Pattern Highland Officers Basket Hilted Broadsword) This article is based on research by Peter Busch, a Ph.D. student at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, and Sword Forum Magazine Online Staff Writer. The sword carried on parade by Highland officers throughout Canada is universally, and erroneously, referred to as a "Claymore" - and in fact, the word of command "Draw Claymores" often punctuates Regimental parades of the Calgary Highlanders. The Claymore has been a part of the Highland officers' full kit, regardless of whether he served in the British Army, the Canadian Army, or one of the other Commonwealth countries which boasted Highland or Scottish regiments, throughout the 20th Century. By the 1990s, the erroneous term "Claymore" was partially replaced with the more proper "Basket - hilted Broadsword." So called because the hilt is defined as being a full basket (as opposed to a quarter, half or three quarter hilt), and because the blade is typically double edged, as opposed to a single edged straight blade (which would be a "Backsword"). (Peter Busch notes that "broadsword" was a Victorian (1837 - 1901) addition to the English language) . Busch goes on to say: The Highland Officers Basket Hilted Broadsword is one of the "regulation patterns" worn by commissioned officers, although admittedly another version exists for senior Non - Commissioned Officers (NCOs), as illustrated in Dufty (1974), Enfield having been a manufacturer. The 1828/65/68 pattern is by no means the most commonly worn by Britain and its former Empire, today referred to as the Commonwealth. That honour would doubtless go to the 1897 Pattern Infantry Officer's sword, in practice worn by more than just infantry officers (such as the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, the Medical Corps and the Royal Engineers to name but a few other branches of service). Note should be made of the fact that the 1828/65/68 Pattern Basket Hilted Broadsword is also worn occasionally by Drum Majors of Scottish Pipe Bands, whether military, civil or police (whether this is actually regulation, the author is unsure).