Antique Swagger Stick Royal Rifle Brigade
This is a piece of antique that I bought from The Hertfordshire Militaria and Medal Fair. See here for more information about the Fair.
![Antique Swagger Stick](https://mariabristoll.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Antique-Swagger-Stick-595x793.jpg)
It is an antique swagger stick with silver on top. Look how long the stick is!
![Swagger Stick Rifle Brigade](https://mariabristoll.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Swagger-Stick-Rifle-Brigade-595x794.jpg)
On the top of the stick, the head is made from silver. It has a regiment symbol which I think belong to the Royal Rifle Brigade.
![Silver Swagger Stick World War I](https://mariabristoll.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Silver-Swagger-Stick-WWI-595x446.jpg)
I am not sure which regiment this Rifle Brigade belongs to. Do you have any idea? The symbol looks that it has a horn at the bottom and a crown at the top.
![Silver Swagger Stick 1913](https://mariabristoll.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Silver-Swagger-Stick-1913-595x793.jpg)
A closer look to the silver hallmark, says that the silver is struck between 1913-1914, so I assume this stick is used during the World War I. The silver hallmark consists of the marker marks, an anchor which represents a Birmingham assay office, a lion mark for a standard purity of Sterling Silver, and a letter O for year 1913-1914. The markers marks are F.N. but I am unable to search who they are. Anyone has any idea of who the marker(s) are?
![Antique Silver Swagger Stick 1913](https://mariabristoll.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Antique-Silver-Swagger-Stick-1913-595x446.jpg)
![Swagger Stick World War 1](https://mariabristoll.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Swagger-Stick-World-War-1-595x446.jpg)
The silver top is looked very much dented. I wonder if this is the original look of the silver? Or the silver has been worn so much that it is dented?
![Royal Rifle Brigade Swager Stick](https://mariabristoll.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Royal-Rifle-Brigade-Swager-Stick-595x446.jpg)
At the end of the stick, there is a metal cover, which looked as dented as the silver top. I am now wondering who uses this stick? Or who is the Officer that this stick belongs to? Any suggestion would be very much appreciated!
![The closer look of the end of the stick](https://mariabristoll.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/From-the-swagger-stick-595x793.jpg)