The sword belonged to a former owner of a 12th Century abbey in Northamptonshire.
More than £8,500 has been raised so a bid can be made to bring a rare sword back home to a 12th Century abbey.
Delapre Abbey Preservation Trust wants to buy at auction the sword that belonged to Everard Bouverie, a former owner of the Northamptonshire abbey. Gen Bouverie, who owned the abbey from 1858 to 1871, had the sword when he was in the Royal Horse Guards and fought in the Battle of Waterloo.will be held on Tuesday.
Richard Clinton, chief executive of Delapre Abbey, said: "The opportunity to bring back an original artefact of Delapre Abbey is so incredibly rare. "The story of the abbey is that for the Bouveries, the last family who owned it, times became quite hard so everything was sold and we've been painstakingly trying to build up the collection.
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