Solid half-basket hilted sword, which belonged to Captain Walter John Tite Saunders (died 1953). The hilt of the sword consists of a gilt solid half-basket guard with raised bars and a crown and anchor badge. There is a folding flap on the inside of the guard to engage with the stud on the top locket. The sword has a lion's-head pommel and back-piece, the mane extending the length of the back-piece. The white fish-skin grip is bound with three gilt wires. The Wilkinson steel blade is slightly curved and flat-backed. The obverse of the blade is engraved on the shoulder with a proof mark, a crown over a foul anchor motif, with further decoration above and below. The reverse of the blade is decorated in the same manner as the obverse, except for the proof mark, which has been omitted. The engraving is much worn by excessive polishing. The black leather scabbard has two gilt lockets with rings and a chape. The mounts are engraved with threads and scrolls.

Captain Walter John Tite Saunders (died 1953) became a Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve on the 27th January 1892. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on the 29th January 1894 and to Lieutenant on the Supplementary List on the 31st October 1895. He became a Commander (retired) on the 1st April 1906 and a Captain on the 11th November 1918. He died in March 1953.