Travelling from London to honour Trafalgar hero

A £100 Lloyd’s Patriotic Fund sword, one of 23 awarded to captains who fought at Trafalgar, sold for $235,000 (£173,000), plus 15% buyer’s premium, to one of six phone bidders competing at James D Julia in Fairfield, Maine, on April 11.

This sword was presented to Captain William George Rutherford, the only US-born British captain in…

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