POLICE are seeking to reunite an antique ceremonial sword with its owner after it was handed into a police station.

The sword was handed over to officers after a member of public found it in the street on Sunday. 

Police have not yet revealed the street in which the sword was found. 

The sword has a number of inscriptions:

“From his affectionate friends Ida and Tom Downing”

“Edward Thorne of London”

“B G Baley"

“April 7th 1915”

“Royal Engineers”

The owner of the sword has been asked to bring proof of ownership to the front counter at St Aldates Police Station in Oxford.