Royal Marines sword, which belonged to Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Congreve Langley Durnford (active 1851-1877). The hilt of the sword consists of a steel open half-basket guard, with three bars, a fluted pommel and a plain back. The black fish-skin grip is bound with twisted silver wire. The slightly curved steel blade has a flat back and a wide groove extending to within 260mm of the double-edged spear point. The obverse of the blade is engraved with the words 'Royal Marine Artillery' on a garter surrounding a grenade, with a crown and a lion above, and further decoration above and below. The reverse of the blade is engraved on the shoulder with the words 'DUDLEY, Grand Parade, PORTSMOUTH', and decorated with a crown over the Royal cipher 'VR', with further decoration above and below. The steel scabbard has two bands with rings and a shoe. The reverse of the scabbard is engraved with the words 'DUDLEY, Grand Parade, PORTSMOUTH'.

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Congreve Langley Durnford (active 1851-1877) became a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Marines on the 30th December 1851. On the 8th January 1853 he became a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Marine Artillery. He was promoted to the rank of 1st Lieutenant on the 24th February 1854, to Captain on the 27th March 1862, to Brevet Major on the 14th September 1875 and retired as a Lieutenant-Colonel on the 8th May 1877.