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Nation : French
Local Price : £1,850.00

French Hussar sabre – model ANIV – 1795/6. French Hussar sabre – model ANIV – 1795/6. The stamps indicate it was made between 1795-1803 so Consular period. This sword was originally part of the Geoff Worrall&#acute;s collection and due to the leather scabbard could have possibly been supplied by the French to America for the War of Independence. Regulation pattern sword with brass hilt and ribbed leather grip, curved single edged blade with wide fuller. The scabbard leather stitched with brass frog and drag note drag is a period replacement and a hairline crack in cross guard please see images. Overall length 92cm the blade 94cm

Nation : ?
Local Price : 1,895.00

. A Solid Silver Hilted Sword, hallmarked for 1790-91. With straight singled edged tapering blade, cut with a long deep fuller running the entire length, engraved on both sides with stands of arms and ‘GR', solid silver stirrup hilt, with silver wire bound ebony grip, in its original tooled leather scabbard with solid silver mounts all hallmarked and stamped with makers initials IF, the locket signed ‘NEILD St. James St. SWORD CUTLER to his royal highness the PRINCE OF WALES'. Notes: The scabbard is complete but rather flimsy, there is a small tear towards the bottom. Dimensions: Blade Length: 32.5 Inches (82.55 cm) Overall Length: 38 Inches (96.52 cm)

Nation : ?
Local Price : $3500.00 CAD

NORTHERN EUROPEAN RAPIER. NORTHERN EUROPEAN RAPIER: Circa 1600. Transition from the long rapier to the shorter blade, as dictated by fashion of the 17th century. Original horsehair grip wrapping. Note the early “PAS D’ANE” 32 inch blade, 38 inches overall. This is a very unique and unusual style of rapier. V.G. $3500.00

Nation : -
Local Price : 2,550.00 USD

GOOD IRON HILT SMALLSWORD C.1760. English or French. Large proportions with 33 3/8” colichemarde blade decorated with scrolling foliage and a central splay of crossed flags with a cornucopia with radiant emphases. The hilt with fluted thickened guard, cross guard with finely fluted terminals and marching motifs to the knuckle bow and pommel. Iron wire wrapped grip. A heavy fighting sword of the Revolution period and the largest example in our stock of 22 smallswords. See Swords and Blade of the American Revolution, Neumann 198.S-230.S for smallswords associated with the Revolution. This example is probably English, made for a military officer.

Nation : British
Local Price : £1,800.00

Flintlock Officers Pistol c1800. A .650 calibre Napoleonic era Flintlock Officer’s pistol by J. Turner. It has an 18cm sighted octagonal pattern welded barrel. Unusually for this type of pistol it is fitted with a top sprung bayonet, the spring still works and it catches firmly. Border and scroll engraved stepped and bolted lock signed J. TURNER. The hammer holds firmly at both half and full cock, with a light trigger and working saftey. Full stocked with border and scroll engraved steel mounts, now pitted, and a captive swivel ramrod.John Turner was a gun maker and barrel maker in Birmingham around the turn of the century, coincidentally arrested in Warwickshire for unpaid debts and discharged in 1818

Nation : Italian
Local Price : £1800

Venetian Schiavona of the late 17th Century. A good representative example of a Venetian Schiavona dating to the late 17th century. The hilt is a typical representation of the distinctive design of the Schiavona guard. The hilt consists of the usual complex trellis of delicately formed flattened bars with rounded and well finished edges, more numerous on the outside of the guard to protect the outside of the hand of a right handed user. The guard has a bold angled rear quillon of square section with a knopped finial. A thumb loop is present on the inside of the guard attached to the cross guard and one of the lower loop guards. The knuckle bow has an outwardly curled finial. The solid flattened ovoid pommel has a distended flared neck beneath and an integral button on top. The pommel is engraved with foliate designs at the front. The baluster shaped rounded rectangular section grip has the imprint of the now absent original twisted wire binding and is mounted with grooved brass ferrules top and bottom. The fine quality earlier double edged blade is of tapering hollow ground diamond cross section. It has a short ricasso and was probably originally made for an arming sword in the later medieval period. The sword is in good original uncleaned condition without repairs or damage other than wear. The blade is 34.75 inches long (88 cm) and the overall length of the sword is 40.25 inches (just over 102 cm).

Nation : British
Local Price : £1800

English Silver Hunting Hanger by James Hughes of London Britannia Hallmarked for 1697 / 1698. An English Silver Mounted Hunting Hanger with London Britannia Hallmarks for 1697/1698 by the silver smith James Hughes of London. Perhaps unique, in comparison with other surviving swords of this type, the fine quality hilt is applied with delicate and highly detailed decorative silver filigree panels attached to the mounts.

Nation : British
Local Price : £1,795.00

**RARE**ICONIC NAPOLEONIC WARS ERA**British Ordnance 1796 Pattern Heavy Cavalry Sword With Regiment Troop Marking G /4 & Scabbard Regiment Troop Marked H3. Sn 22645:2 -. The Pattern 1796 Heavy Cavalry sword is one of the most recognisable and, to the British at least, iconic swords of the Napoleonic period (see page 79 of World Swords by Withers). The sword was used by all Regiments of British Heavy Cavalry (Life Guards, Royal Horse Guards, Dragoon Guards and Dragoons) throughout the Peninsular War (1807-14) and during the Waterloo campaign. Although forever associated with Waterloo due to the swords use in the massed charge of the British heavy cavalry of the Household and Union brigades, Pattern 1796 Heavy Cavalry sword were also used by other countries. As part of supporting allied nations warring against the French, Britain exported numbers of the weapons to its allies over the course of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. The 1796 Heavy Cavalry Sword features in the painting ‘Scotland for Ever!’ by Lady Butler which captures the charge of the Scots greys at waterloo (illustrated in image 1. The image is not included). This rare, original British 1796 Heavy Cavalry Sword is in good condition for its age. It has a single edged, fullered 34 ¼” blade which is sharp and correctly slightly tapers along its length (39 ½” overall). The blade is undamaged & has staining consistent with age. One side of the blade has a ‘Crown’ ordnance inspection mark. There are no visible maker or date marks. It has its original pierced guard. Its ribbed wood ribbed grip has service wear but is totally secure. The guard has Regiment troop marking ‘G / 4’. The sword is complete with its original steel scabbard with 2 hanging rings. The scabbard has even patina and no damage. One side of the scabbard has Regiment troop marking ‘H above 3’. The price for this rare, iconic, Napoleonic Wars era Heavy Cavalry Sword worthy of further research regarding the Troop markings includes UK delivery. Sn 22645:2

Nation : British
Local Price : £1,795.00

Queen Anne Flintlock Box Lock Travelling Pistols by I Collis, Oxford. Ref 9297. A Pair of Queen Anne Flintlock Box Lock Travelling Pistols by I Collis, Oxford. 10&157; overall, 4&157; turn off 54 bore ring turned cannon barrels signed ´Collis and Oxford´, border engraved actions, border engraved ring neck cocks & steels. Tower Private Proofs, one pistol numbered ´1´. Sliding trigger guard safety catches each engraved with a flower head on the ball & figured flat sided butts each inlaid with silver wire and rocailles on both sides. Scrollwork down the wrist, silver escutcheons engraved with owner’s crest of a Griffon. Circa 1785&194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160;&194;&160; Pistols by a very good provincial maker in very good uncleaned condition, very minor losses to silver wire. Collis was apprenticed to William Emms and completed his apprenticeship with him the same year that Emms died, 1764. John Collis was a gunmaker on his own between at least 1782-1798. &194;&160;According to Evans & Godwin, when Collis passed away in 1801, he was the last in a long line of high quality Oxford gunsmiths that were making their own guns, not simply doing repair work or selling guns others had made. Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : British
Local Price : £1,795.00

54 Bore Flintlock Small Pocket Pistols by Knubley, London. Ref X3562. A Pair of 54 Bore Flintlock Small Pocket Pistols by Knubley, London. 4 &194;&190;&157; overall, 7/8&157; short turn off barrels, one numbered ’1’, rounded breeches numbered en suite, signed ´Knubley´ and ´London´, border engraved box lock actions, sliding thumb piece safety catches which also lock the frizzens. Flat sided walnut butts, silver escutcheons engraved ’JJCA Second Life Guards’. Circa 1790 In good condition, one top jaw screw replaced. We have not been able to identify ’JJCA Second Life Guards’. would be worth further research. John Knubley Gunmaker, Otley, Yorkshire, 1771. Sword Cutler & Gunmaker, 11 Charing Cross, 1786-93; 7 Charing Cross, 1794. Gunmaker to Prince of Wales, Duke of Clarence and Prince Edward. Contractor to Ordnance (canon locks, trade muskets, pistols and broadswords), 1790-4. Business taken over by Samuel Brunn, continued under Knubley name until 1797. Succeeded by John Mallett.&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160; Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £1,795.00

**RARE**QUALITY SWORDSMITH**SPECIAL ORDER BLADE**WW2 Japanese Officer’s Type 98 Sword Smith Signed ‘Motte Yasugi Asano Kane Zane Saku Kore’ With Smith’s Hot Stamp Seal, Scabbard & Expert Assessment. Sn 23264 -. This sword has been assessed by a UK based Japanese sword expert Bill Tagg. His assessment accompanies this piece. In exerts from the assessment he states “officers sword shin gunto type 98 with special order blade made using yasugi sand iron with personal seal (kokuin) of kane zane who made medium to high grade showa to (this sword). He also made gendatto to medium grade. With the showa inspection stamp &#acute; this is a showa to not gendatto. A very busy smith had his own workshop employed other smiths and hammer men. Have seen lots of blades made by him or by smiths from his workshop forge. In bright old amatuer polish showing irregular (bumpy) hamon nioi based. Motte yasugi asano kane zane saku kore won 2nd seat in 1941 exhibition where he was listed quasi national sword smith still working 1960’s see john slough’s book on war time smiths pages 76 to 79 for oshigata & information. Saya honoki wood with slip on ashi ring & good condition leather cover showing signs of use. Brass hand guard with showa blossonm flowers, no gilt left. Tsuka (handle) mid war quality fuchi & kabuto gane top mount. Bound with military brown ito wrap some wear & fraying, no lock catches ever fitted to this sword. Has remains of leather strap on seppa which passes through the ana in tsuba & fastened to leather saya cover (damaged). Avery nice special order type 98 gunto with good maker in good but used condition”. In his illustrations he describes the cutting edge length as 66 cms and the overall length as 88 cms. He also translates the Smith signature, identifies arsenal & special order hot stamp & describes other blade characteristics and measurements which can be read in the images. The price for this rare piece by a quality Smith with expert assessment includes UK delivery. Sn 23264

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £1,795.00

**EXTREMELY RARE, ONE OF ONLY APPROX 6000**Original, Pre WW2 Japanese NCO’s 1st Pattern, Type 95 Katana With Solid Copper Hilt, Suya (Harp) & Tokyo Kokura Arsenal Marks, Original Leather Cord & Barrel Knot & Scabbard. ED 3019 -. On September 16th 1935 a new sword was authorised for Japanese army NCO’s. 1st type sword hilts were made from solid unpainted copper, later variants had cast alloy painted hilts (see page 183 of Swords Of Imperial Japan 1868-1945 by Dawson). Only approx 6,000 1st type copper hilt NCO swords were made before introduction of alloy hilt variants. This is an original extremely rare 1st type pre WW2 Japanese NCO’s Katana with copper hilt and scabbard. The sword has the correct solid copper unpainted cast handle with lanyard ring hole fitted with steel cord sarute loop. It has a heavy brass tsuba and scabbard retaining clip (present but not working). It has an undamaged, fullered, 27 ½” blade which has just small areas of light staining consistent with age. The blade is numbered ‘5509’ on one side above the fuller and one side has number 1845. The copper hilt is stamped with 1929-45 Kokura Arsenal mark, Suya sword shop (Harp) mark (see page 185 of Dawson’s book) and inspection mark. The hilt’s steel sarute knot loop is fitted with original brown leather cord with barrel knot in very good condition. It is complete with its black painted steel scabbard which has a single hanging ring. The scabbard has no damage. There are no visible numbers on the scabbard but may be present under the paint. The price for this rare piece includes UK delivery. ED 3019

Nation : -
Local Price : £2,500 plus P&P.

Culloden Period Basket Hilted Backsword. Circa 1740.. This basket hilted backsword, also known as a Dragoon backsword dates to around 1730-40 and was in use in the period of the Jacobean uprising that culminated at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. The sword was designed for use by mounted troops and incorporates a rein ring in the basket. Initially the sword would have had a blade length of between 34-36 inches (865-915mm). Many, if not most swords of this type had their blades shortened, either to fall in with changing military requirements or to make them a better length for fighting on foot. Swords such as this were used by mounted Scottish militia as well as British Dragoons. Many were also captured from British cavalry after the Battles of Preston Pans and Sterling and similar early successes for the Jacobite army.The 792mm (31.25 inch) single-edged (backsword) blade has a narrow fuller below the flat spine and a wide central fuller running from the forte into the spear point. The blade is double-edged for the final 140mm. The blade is in good condition for its nearly 300 years of age, with a speckled patina and dark tarnish along the forward edge and spine. The blade is firm in the hilt and retains a fighting edge.The hand-forged iron basket is pierced with arrows and dots on the scallop-edged junction plates. A rein ring on the bottom left of the basket allows for a rider to pass the reins through to hold them while wielding the sword. The shagreen wrapped wooden grip is in good condition with areas of use-related wear. The wire wrap is intact and tight, as are the woven wire collars at the top and bottom of the grip. The tang is peened through an incised iron (bun) pommel and the blade is held firmly.The basket has suffered period damage. There are cracks to some junction plates and the forge-welds on the pommel ring and at the junction of the pommel ring and left branch have separated. The patina of the damaged parts is the same as that of the basket as a whole indicating that the damage is of the same period. There is some movement in the basket.This is a good example of an early 18th Century basket hilted backsword despite the damage to the basket. The sword displays very well and has been a much-discussed part of my personal collection.This broadsword is for sale from my private collection and as such cannot be purchased directly from the website. Please contact me, richard@bygoneblades.com if interested in buying this beautiful and rare sword.£2,500 plus P&P.

Nation : Dutch
Local Price : 2495.00 USD

Rare Dutch East India Company, Voc, Cutlass!. A very nice are very desirable Dutch East India Company cutlass dated 1790 with Rotterdam town mark on both sides of blade. Untouched, as found, condition. The large shell guard has a crack and the hilt is loose. Some minor chips and cracks to wood grip. A very desirable early sword with tons and tons of character! Curved blade is about 25” long. Price is firm. Thanks for looking!

Nation : French
Local Price : 2495.00 USD

Magnificent 16th Century Knightly Italian Riding Sword!. CIRCA 1575 BEAUTIFULLY CHISELED STEEL HILT IN THE CRUCIFORM STYLE. LARGE DETAILED POMMEL AND GUARD CHISELED IN THE GEOMETRIC FASHION HIGHLIGHTED WITH CHISELED FLOWERS! Wire grip wrap and Turk’s head ferrules completely intact! A large ROBUST sword with a magnificent large hilt. Overall 45”. The double fuller French blade is a circa 1800 replacement. The fullers being hand cut and irregular. Testifying to its great age. The sword’s owner must have wanted a lighter weight blade, (more stylish for the times) making the sword easier to wield. A truly magnificent weapon! Price is firm. Thanks for looking!

Nation : British
Local Price : £1,785.00

1788 Light Cavalry Troopers Sword. Ref X3412. A 1788 Light Cavalry Troopers Sword. 40 1/2&157; overall 35 1/2&157; curved ´a la Montmorency´ blade with one narrow & one broad fuller, engraved on both sides with Hussars, man in the moon and Turks head, broad arrow under a Crown acceptance stamp. Back Edge stamped´ R. Sohlinen´ . D shaped chamfered knuckle bow, flat pommel, double bar langets, ribbed wooden grip. Iron&194;&160;&194;&160;scabbard with wooden core & inset leather panel, some original black paint remaining. Circa 1788&194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; In good condition for age, leather grip covering missing. An early example of a Runkle blade. See ’The British Cavalry Sword 1788-1912’ by Richard Dellar, chapter 1 for 1788 swords, page 7 for similar blade engraving, & chapter 25 for information on J. J. Runkel, & page 278 for details of his blade signatures. Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : British
Local Price : £1,750.00

1904 Experimental Cavalry Troopers Sword, rare. Ref X3400. A Rare 1904 Experimental Cavalry Troopers Sword. 41 1/2&157; overall, 35&157; straight thrusting blade with a ´T´ shaped section & spear point. Stamped at hilt ´Wilkinson London ,6 04´ with inspectors stamps & a sold out of service mark, spine stamped ´6/04´. Thin steel bowl guard with turned over edge, with inspectors stamp & ´88´. Chequered Vulcanite two piece grip screwed through the tang with finger knob on underside.&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160; Wilkinson Sword No. 88 (records show a total of 200 experimental swords were ordered), This sword described and illustrated in Richard Dellar´s book ´The British Cavalry Sword 1788 to 1912´ page 170. Rare sword in very good condition, no scabbard&194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : Italian
Local Price : £1750

Click and use the code >22288 to search for this item on the dealer website Most Rare & Beautiful 16th-17th Century Italian Maine Gauche. A Renaissance Period Duellist´s Parrying, Shell Guard Dagger, For Combined Use With The Cup Hilt Or Swept Hilt Rapier

Nation : British
Local Price : £1750

Click and use the code >22179 to search for this item on the dealer website Most Rare British Army Officer´s 1801, Egyptian Campaign, Snake Goddess´ Head Light Infantry Officer&#acute;s Sword. Used Throughout The Entire Napoleonic Wars Up To The Battle of Waterloo. Likely By An Officer of &#acute;The Glosters&#acute;

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £1,750.00

**GENDAITO HAND FORGED SPECIAL ORDER BLADE** WW2 Era Japanese Army Officer’s Type 98 Shin Gunto Sword Lay Priest Smith Signed ‘Ishi Hara Nyu Do Kane Tada Kitau’ Rank Tassel, Scabbard & Expert Assessment. Sn 23174:33 -. This sword has been assessed by a UK based Japanese sword expert Bill Tagg. His assessment accompanies this piece. In the assessment he states ““A Type 98 army officers shin gunto with a traditionally forged blade. Also has kokuin or hot stamp. A special order blade – gendaito signed ‘Ishi Hara(Family name) Nyu Do (Lay Priest) Kane Tada (Go or Art Name) Kitau (Forged)’. This is a high quality gendai blade. In original old war time polish, scratched and stained in places obscuring the forging details. Needs professional polish. With regular Gunome hamon line, nioi crystal based also has nie and hataraki work inji & hamon a well made blade been carried & used in war, some small nibbles to edge & slight bend. Saya metal parade gunto pattern worn & dented in places shows signs of combat use paint missing & finish gone from mounts. Tsuba a full set of seppa number 48 with quality brass tsubato match no gilt left. Tsuka shows heavy use with broken Ito (needs re-wrap), fish skin intact. Has working locking catch & brass wire sarute loop with brown / blue rank tassel for Lt to Captain rank. Ishi Hara Keiichi (family name) born 1920 made this using his name Kane Tada & saying he is a lay priest (Shinto?) see Markus Sessko book for info from pa/no 273. See Fuller & Gregory books on Smiths List 126 Oshigata No. 218 for info. Not a lot written about this man. Worthy of restoration”. In his drawings of the blade he describes the cutting edge as 64.5 cms length and overall length 87 cms, he also describes other blade measurements & characteristics (illustrated in image 2). The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23174:33

Nation : Indian
Local Price : £1,750.00 GBP

North Indian Tegha, 19th Century. A 19th century Indian tegha sword, with a northern hilt decorated in gold koftgari, possibly Punjabi, featuring a fluted grip section and a knuckle bow with confronted bird heads.Â "

Nation : French
Local Price : £1,750.00

French 1st Empire Mle ANXIII Heavy Cavalry Flintlock Pistol. French 1st Empire Mle ANXIII Heavy Cavalry Flintlock Pistol dated 1813. Lock plate marking very polished but possibly from Maubeuge armoury. Polished stock with good markings complete with brass furniture and steel ram rod all correctly stamped please see image. UK shipping free the rest of the world at cost.

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £1,750.00

**RARE**ANCIENT PRE 1600 BLADE**WW2 JAPANESE UCHI GATANA (Single Handed) SWORD** Surrendered 1945 To Major J.C Rumboll Punjab Regiment, Scabbard, Provenance, WD Retention Certificate & Expert Assessment. Sn 23263 -. This sword has been assessed by a UK based Japanese sword expert Bill Tagg. His assessment accompanies this piece. In exerts from the assessment he states “Genuine war souvenir, sold by family with original retention certificate a veteran bring back. An uchi-gatana with ancient pre 1600 blade. A single hand sword. The tang shape & blade shape are bizen work as is the midareba hamon edged with nioi. This looks to date to late muromachi period 1400 to 1590’s. It is unsigned in bright condition but needing a polish to bring out forging details. Saya possible reworked shira saya wood covered with field service leather good condition with original safety strap. Tsuba is cast iron 19th century work oval shape wakizashi size, depicting under cut waves like omori teru hide school signed ‘mitso mune ?’ bit worn. civilian tsuka with military brown tape. Very good pair of tiger menuki in soft metal. Pair soft metal fuchi kashira with Gold inlay flowers (worn) condition. Original envelope from family with hand written note of sword history mentioning British Officer’s name & where surrendered to 2nd Punjabis on 10th November 1945. It is rare eighty years after war to buy swords straight from a veterans family with original paperwork still with it”. In his illustrations he describes the cutting edge length as 54 cms and the overall length as 67.5 cms. He also describes other blade characteristics and measurements which can be read in the images. Also accompanying the sword is hand written provenance direct from the veterans daughter which reads “Japanese sword handed to my father Major John Carnegie Rumboll M.C. (Indian Army 2nd Punjabs) on the surrender on the beach 10.11.1945” & the original WD Retention certificate which reads: “C a p t u r e d M a t e r i a l, Authority For Possession No. E.C. 10454 rank :Major name: J.C. Rumboll unit :3rd battalion 2nd Punjab Regiment, is authorized possession of one Jap. Sword". The certificate has original red ink WD stamp and date 10.11.45 together with illegible signature of Commader 9th Infantry Brigade”. The price for this rare piece with expert assessment & provenance includes UK delivery. Sn 23263

Nation : Chinese
Local Price : £1750

Click and use the code >24869 to search for this item on the dealer website Fabulous & Huge Antique Chinese Ching Dynasty Dao, a Sword of War. A Combat Sword of Immense Stature. From The 1800´s During The Imperial Qianlong, Emperor of the Qing, the Manchu Dynasty

Nation : British
Local Price : £1,745.00

Carabiniers Sword Regimental Pattern 6th Dragoon Guards. Ref X3404. A Scarce Regimental Pattern 6th Dragoon Guards Carabiniers Sword. 41&157; overall, 34 &194;&190;&157; straight blade with single broad fuller & spear point, etched with floral patterns & regimental badge of the 6th Dragoon Guards, VR, owner´s crest & &194;&160;initials ’WEW’ & ’Henry Wilkinson Pall Mall London’. On the spine ’38541´. Steel pierced honeysuckle guard, with 6th&194;&160;Dragoons badge, fish skin grip with steel wire chequered pommel & backstrap. In its steel mounted black leather field service scabbard. Serial Number 38541, For 1900 Sword in good condition, blade service sharpened with minor patches of corrosion. Scabbard in good condition.&194;&160; Major William Ernest Watson D.S.O.&194;&160; S. African War Despatches. Killed in action 1914, . WATSON, WILLIAM ERNEST, Lieutenant, was born 3 September 1876, son of William Watson, of Bromborough, Cheshire. He entered the 6th Dragoon Guards 15 May 1897, becoming Lieutenant 25 January 1899. He served in the South African War from 1899 to 1902, being from January 1901 to May 1902, Adjutant of the 1st Imperial Light Horse, s present at the Relief of Kimberley. Operations in the Orange Free State February to May 1900, including operations at Paardeberg (17 to 26 February); actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein, Karee Siding and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal in May and June 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill (11 and 12 June); operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to 29 November 1900, including actions at Reit Vlei and Belfast (26 and 27 August); operations in Cape Colony, south of Orange River, 1899 to 1900, including the actions at Colesberg (1 January to 12 February). He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 September 1901]; had the Queen’s and King’s Medals with eight clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 27 September 1901]: "William Ernest Watson, Lieutenant, 6th Dragoon Guards. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa". The Insignia were presented by the King 18 February 1903. He was promoted Captain 7 December 1901, and was Adjutant of the 6th Dragoon Guards from 2 July 1907 to 22 April 1910; was promoted Major 23 April 1910. He was K.I.A 31 October 1914 at the Batte of Messines. He married in 1905, Daisy, daughter of the Reverend T Stanley Heanor, and left two daughters. His memorial is on panel 5 of&194;&160; the Menin Gate. Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

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Local Price : 1,795.00

. A Cased Pair of Small Percussion Pocket Pistols by Dooley of Liverpool. With round blued barrels, struck below with Birmingham proofs, border engraved brass box-lock actions, decorated with sprays of foliage and signed, ‘DOOLEY LIVERPOOL' along the tangs, engraved dolphin hammers, chequered bag-shaped walnut butts; in their original lined and fitted case, with all accessories including bullet mould, powder flask, oil bottle etc, with trade label. DOOLEY, W. [1840-1872] Shop at 11 Ranelagh Street,Liverpool. Made percussion pepperboxes, cased percussion travelling pistols and cased percussion duelling pistols, with loading equipment, also made percussion revolvers of Kerr Patent. A. Merwyn Carey (1954) English, Irish and Scottish Firearms Makers, Acro Publishing Company, New York. Dimensions: Bore: Barrel Length: Overall Length:

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Local Price : 1,795.00

. A Pair of Flintlock Overcoat Pistols by William Hole of Bristol. With re-browned sighted octagonal barrels, stamped below with Birmingham proofs and ‘tombstone' marks, foliate engraved steel tangs, fitted with rear-sights, stepped, bevelled locks, signed ‘WILLIAM HOLE BRISTOL' and fitted with sliding safety catches, decorated with foliage at the tails and starbursts by the pans, full-stocked in walnut and cut with chequering at the grips, steel trigger guards decorated with stands of art on the bows and pineapple finials, turned ramrod pipes and brass tipped ramrods with steel worms. Hole Dimensions: Bore: 28 Bore Barrel Length: 6 inches (15.25 cm) Overall Length: 11 Inches (28 cm)

Nation : British
Local Price : £1700

English Silver Hilted Small Sword made between 1720 and 1726 by George Willcocks of London. For information regarding George Willcocks’s life as a ‘gifted silver-hilt maker and sword cutler' and for a further example of his work see Leslie Southwick's “London Silver-hilted Swords”, Royal Armouries, 2001, page 279, plate 29. This sword by George Willcocks is in the Royal Armouries Collection, Ref IX.2241. It is more comprehensively marked with a date stamp for 1720 / 1721 and stamped with the maker’s initials in the same place on the Knucklebow and pommel button. Willcocks died young at the age of 33. As evidenced by the date of the earliest possible date for his Sterling mark and the date of his death this sword clearly dates to the period between 1720 and 1726. The blade length is 31.75 inches (80.25 cm) and the overall length of the sword is just over 38.25 inches (97 cm).

Nation : British
Local Price : £1700

Exquisitely Chiselled Silver Hilted Small Sword by William Kinman of London Hallmarked for 1775/1776. An exceptional silver hilted smallsword by the renowned 18th century London silversmith and cutler, William Kinman, date-stamped for 1775/1776. The hilt is in excellent condition and an admirable example of the London silver hilt makers’ art at this time. The flat oval guard is of exceptional quality, chiselled and pierced with a sunburst design enhanced with beaded brilliants around the pierced perimeter. The pommel, knuckle bow, and quillon block are worked in a similar manner. The knucklebow is swollen and pierced at the middle. The baluster shaped wooden grip is of rounded rectangular section diagonally bound with contra twisted ropes of silver wire of different thicknesses separated by crimped silver ribbon. It is mounted with silver cap terminals top and bottom engraved with clam shells. The stiff, slender, triangular section, hollow ground, colichemarde blade is deceptively robust. The hallmarks are of small type stamped into the Pas D'Ane rings and consist of the maker's mark of “W K” in raised relief inside a depressed panel with a pellet between the letters, the lion passant mark, crowned leopard's head assay mark and date stamp. The underside of the is also stamped with the lion passant and the maker’s mark. The lion passant also appears on the collar at the top of the grip. William Kinman was one of the most influential and preeminent makers of silver hilted swords working in London in the third quarter of the 18th century. He made swords for the London social and military elites. He was a leading member of the Founders' Company of London and served in all the major offices of the guild including Master. Kinman was born in 1728 and was sworn free of the Founders' Company in 1750, when presumably he started to make silver hilted swords under his own name and was admitted to livery in 1757. Kinman entered his first mark at Goldsmiths' Hall in 1759 (Grimwade 1990 reference 3210) which is his mark on this sword. William Kinman was at his most prominent in the earlier part of his career, when this sword was made, later becoming bankrupt due to the failure of a founding business he was involved in. The sword is in fine condition overall. There are no losses or repairs to the hilt which has maintained its original pleasing outline. The blade has some shallow “salt and pepper” pitting which is more than offset by the outstanding quality of the hilt. The blade 31.75 inches (80.75 cm) long and overall the sword is 38 inches (96.5 cm) long. For a near identical sword by William Kinman see Leslie Southwick, “London Silver-Hilted Swords”, Royal Armouries, 2001, page 291, Plates 75, 76 & 77, for a sword in The Royal Armouries, Collection Reference: IX.3782. And for further information on Kinman's life of see pages 159 and 160.

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Local Price : 1,750.00

. A Rare 14-Bore Two-Shot Superimposed-Load Pistol by Le Page. With rifled octagonal turn-off barrel, etched with panels of foliate scrolls at the muzzle (small area of dark pitting) and breech, signed in full in Gothic script within a scrolling panel along the top-flat, stamped below with continental proof and ‘2' patent breech etched en suite with the barrel, pierced platinum plugs, etched tang, signed etched back-action locks, single trigger, figured walnut butt with etched iron butt cap and trigger guard. A scarce and unusual example. Dimensions: Bore: 14 Bore Barrel Length: 7.75 Inches (19.68 cm) Overall Length: 13 Inches (33.02 cm)

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Local Price : 1,750.00

. A Miniature Irish Flintlock Pistol by Fowler of Dublin. With sighted swamped octagonal barrel, double gold line and gold poincon engraved with ‘FOWLER DUBLIN' at the breech, gold touch hole, stepped border engraved lock, signed beneath the pan and fitted with a sliding safety catch, full-stocked in walnut and cut with chequering at the grip, vacant silver escutcheon and engraved silver butt plate, engraved steel trigger guard, decorated with a stand of arms on the bow and pineapple finial, turned ramrod pipes, horn tipped ramrod. FOWLER Dimensions: Bore: Barrel Length: Overall Length:

Nation : British
Local Price : £1,695.00

1798 Pattern Sergeants Sword to 42nd Foot Black Watch. Ref 9286. A Rare 1798 Pattern Sergeants Sword to 42nd Foot ´Black Watch´. 37&157; overall, 31 1/2&157; double edged blade with narrow central fuller on each face at the forte, brass highland basket&194;&160;hilt of slender rounded bars framing plain panels, slender fore guards, flat wrist guard, bun shaped pommel, spirally grooved fish skin covered grip. Circa 1800 &194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160; Hilt in good condition with no breaks, lacks grip wire, blade darkly patinated. No scabbard See Brian Robson ´Swords of the British Army´ 1996, pp. 189-90, no. 183 Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)