Help with a sword

[jeepdude1]

I picked up a older looking sword and wanted to know if anyone knows anything about it.....It hard to see but i think it says Johnstone & sons on it....and it also says Dleu Etmondorit above it....ob the other side it has a hole with a brass stamp that says proved with a p in the middle...I am just not sure if its a cheap sword or not....

 

[elyisum]

Its A British infantry officers sword

 

[jeepdude1]

The more i look at it i think there is more to the name....Does anyone know more about the maker or around the year it was made.....

 

[horseclover]

One online source for retailers does list a Johnstone but not Johnstone & Sons, so I have a hunch you are looking at a 20th century sword. I believe this is the 1897 infantry officer's sword and the pigskin over wood scabbard would have been a service item as opposed to a dress sword. Likely of the WWI period. A good look at the front of the shell guard may also help place it.

There is a gallery here you might compare your's to. You may have to register for some parts of that site. There are some hundreds of examples for the 1897 shown there.
http://www.oldswords.com/

Another to register for and there are a lot of British aficionados watching there, including Robert Wilkinson-Latham. They should be able to best place it in time and possibly have better retailer/cutler information.
http://www.swordforum.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=11

Yet another good one here
http://www.swordsandpistols.co.uk/

The Dieu et mon droit (God and my right) is a motto and appears in a banner below the UK royal coat of arms.

Cheers

GC