CH433418 Detail of the Wellington-Hardinge sword, 1809 (metal) (see also 433417) by Biennais, Martin Guillaume (1764-1843); Private Collection; (add.info.: gold-hilted sword (glaive) carried by Field-Marshal Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852), Duke of Wellington; presented to him by Lieutenant Colonel Sir Henry Hardinge (1785-1856) Governor-general of India, as a sword of honour; said to have been made for Emperor Napoleon I;); Photo 穢 Christie\'s Images; French, out of copyright.