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Nation : British
Local Price : £795.00

British Light Cavalry Sword by Wilkinson No 7373. British Cavalry Sword by Wilkinson No 7373 early number the register states purchased by Roome light cavalry, November 1855 : Colonel P. Roome served in Turkey during the war in the Crimea in 1855-56, with the Osmanli Irregular Cavalry (Bashi-Bazouks) as Captain in Turkey. Served in the Indian mutiny campaign, and was present at the storm and capture of the fortified village of Row Hill, the siege and capture of the rebel fort of Awah, siege storm and capture of Kotah in 1858; present during the operations of the brigade under Brigadier Smith in Central. The sword is in found condition regulation hilt with fish skin grip worn and complete with officer knot. The blade slightly curved with good early deep engraving VR Crown and floral decoration, with makers details Henry Wilkinson and the spin number 7373 no scabbard. Large sword over all length 106cm the blade 90cm

Nation : British
Local Price : £795.00

WW1 Era British Gaunt & Son Limited Late Edward Thurkle London 1912 Pattern Heavy Cavalry Officer’s Sword With Etched King’s Crown Blade Numbered 14198, Leather Cord & Acorn Knot & Leather Covered Field Service Scabbard. Sn 17832 -. This is a nice, original, WW1 British 1912 Pattern Heavy Cavalry Officer’s Sword with its scabbard & Frog. The Sword has an undamaged 35 ½” single edged blade with fuller (44" overall). The blade has staining consistent with age and is etched on both sides with foliate panels and King George Crown with ‘GR’ Royal Cypher (George Rex). The ricasso is crisply marked on one side by the manufacturer ‘Gaunt & Son Limited Late Edward Thurkle London’. The reverse has the ordnance acceptance star with inlaid proof roundel. It has a full bowl guard with ornate tooled decoration and wire bound fish skin covered wood grip with thumb recess. The hilt is fitted with an original Officer’s leather Cord & acorn knot. The back of the blade is numbered ‘14198’ which may assist to identify the British officer who originally commissioned this sword. The sword has no visible Regiment marks or dates. It is complete with its original leather bound field service scabbard. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 17832

Nation : British
Local Price : £795.00

C1890 Victorian Court / Diplomatic Small Sword With Ornate Brass Clam Shell Hilt & Scabbard. Sn 18015:2. -. The small sword or smallsword (also court sword, French: épée de cour or dress sword) is a light one-handed sword designed for thrusting which evolved out of the longer and heavier rapier of the late Renaissance. The height of the small sword’s popularity was between mid-17th and late 18th century. It is thought to have appeared in France and spread quickly across the rest of Europe. The small sword was the immediate predecessor of the French duelling sword (from which the épée developed. This is an excellent original late Victorian Court / Diplomatic small sword (see pages 270 to 282 of Wither’s book ‘World Swords’ where many variants of small sword are illustrated). It has the typical brass hilt with cross guard clam shell mount. The clam shell has ornate embossed decoration. It has a bar knuckle guard, Crown pommel & Dog’s head finial. The leather & wire binding on the wood handle is tight and intact. The slim 30” triangular section blade is straight and undamaged and has just staining consistent with age. The sword measures 35 ½” overall. It is complete with its original leather bound wood scabbard which has steel mounts and 2 hanging rings. The price for this attractive Court / Diplomatic small sword includes UK delivery. Sn 18015:2.

Nation : British
Local Price : £795.00

Victorian Era British Naval Midshipman’s Dress Dirk / Small Sword With Lion’s Head Pommel, Etched Blade & Scabbard Retailer Marked ‘Dudley Grand Parade Portsmouth’. Sn 19239 -. Naval forces began to use dirks in the mid to late 1700s. Historians differ on whether dirks originated with the Danish Navy or the British Royal Navy but they were widely used by England’s sea service. Despite the popular notion that only Midshipmen used dirks, early paintings show dirks worn by high-ranking Naval Officers as well as Midshipmen. This original British Navy Midshipman’s dirk / small sword has a 19 ½” long tri-form steel blade. The blade has no visible manufacturer or date marks and has light etched foliate decoration. The dirk measures 23 ¾” overall and has a fish skin bound grip with copper wire binding all intact. It has a brass guard with Lion’s Head pommel whose mane travels down the spine of the hilt. The pommel has 2 brass rings attached for cord. The guard langets have cast Queen’s crown and Naval fouled anchor devices. The bar guard has foliate tooled decoration. The dirk is complete with original brass mounted leather scabbard. The scabbard has ornate foliate mounts and 2 brass hanging rings. The troat mount has a nicely engraved Lion Statant above panel ‘Dudley Grand Parade Portsmouth’ (Dudley was a 19th century, jeweller, silversmith and sword cutter, Grand Parade, Portsmouth, Hampshire) . All leather and stitching of the scabbard are clean and intact. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 19239 (in armoury on top of gun rack with swagger sticks)

Nation : ?
Local Price : £795.00

Flintlock Pocket Pistol in a Book. New item, description to follow.

Nation : British
Local Price : £795.00

British Victorian 1821 Light Cavalry Officers Sword by Wilkinson. British Victorian 1821 Light Cavalry Officers Sword by Wilkinson Sword London number 21143, in good condition regulation 3 bar hilt with cheered pommel and fish skin grip. Slightly curved blade etched with Wilkinson details and owner initials, the sword is sold with a copy of Wilkinson register but very hard to confirm the name possibly F T Miles or Mills. Complete with matching steel scabbard. Overall length 104cm the blade 88.5cm for reference please see Swords of the British Army Revised Plate 78

Nation : British
Local Price : £795.00

Victorian Presentation 21st Ballater Aberdeenshire Rifle Officer’s Sword. Victorian Presentation 21st Ballater Aberdeenshire Rifle Officer’s Sword in stunning condition. Regulation hilt with slung bugle and crown and complete with dress knot. The blade with excellent engraving with V R and crown to one side the reverse with with presentation. PRESENTED BY THEÂ BALLATER SQUAD 21ST ABERDEENSHIRE RIFLE VOLUNTEERS TO ENSIGN JOHN KNOWLES 1897 Complete with parade scabbard Reference: Swords of the British Army Revised Edition Page 160 Blade Length: 82cm Overall Length: 97cm

Nation : Indian
Local Price : £795

Click and use the code >23295 to search for this item on the dealer website Superb & Very Rare Sword, From the Indian Sub Continent. A Beautiful 18th Century Kora With Krishna Inlay

Nation : British
Local Price : £795.00

**OSCAR WILDE’S BARRISTER CONNECTIONS**WW1 1916 British 1897 Pattern SJ Pillin London Infantry Officer’s Presentation Sword With King George V Guard & Etched Blade To Sub Commandant Sir Edward Clarke KC PC By Staines (Middlesex) Volunteer Traini. Sir Edward George Clarke, Kings Counsel (KC) (15 February 1841 – 26 April 1931) was a British barrister and politician, considered one of the leading advocates of the late Victorian era and serving as Solicitor-General in the Conservative government of 1886–1892. His legal career included representing Oscar Wilde in his disastrous prosecution of the Marquess of Queensberry for libel, and representing the plaintiff in the "baccarat case", during which Sir Edward cross-examined the Prince of Wales. He was a member of the anti-women’s suffrage movement. During WW1 he was Sub Commandant of Staines (Middlesex) Volunteer Training Corps (a Period pamphlet depicting the famous Sir Edward Clarke KC drilling in civilian clothing with the Staines volunteers in 1915 is illustrated in image 1). This is an original British 1897 pattern Infantry Officer’s sword presented to Sir Edward Clarke by Staines (Middlesex) Volunteer Training Corps with scabbard and frog. The sword has a 33 ½” long blade with partial fullers and measures 39 ¾” overall. The blade has areas of staining consistent with age and use. The blade has foliate etched panels and Kings Crown above heraldic arms. The ricasso has the makers name SJ Pillin 31 Gerrrard St London & the correct engraved ordnance acceptance proof star and inlaid brass roundel & original leather hilt washer. One side of the blade has a crisply engraved presentation panel with wording "PRESENTED TO SUB COMMANDANT THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR EDWARD CLARKE PC KC BY SUBSCRIBERS TO AND MEMBERS OF THE STAINES VOLUNTEER TRAINING CORPS AS A MARK OF APPRECIATION OF PATRIOTIC SERVICES EFFICIENCY RENDERED SEPTEMBER 1916". The spine of the blade is numbered 108262. It has a full 1897 Pattern knuckle guard with Crown GR V device. It has a curved stepped pommel with ball top and knurled back strap for grip, fish skin grip with wire binding in very good condition. It is complete with leather covered wood field service scabbard. The scabbard has a German silver throat mount & is fitted with leather frog that has 2 belt loops and buckles. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 21541

Nation : British
Local Price : £795

Click and use the code >20871 to search for this item on the dealer website Most Scarce 16th Century Indian ´Firangi´ Battle Sword Circa 1500´s Basket Hilt Form

Nation : British
Local Price : £795

Click and use the code >23631 to search for this item on the dealer website Most Interesting Georgian Period Royal Small Arms Enfield 1796 Pattern Cavalry Troopers Sabre

Nation : Spanish
Local Price : 1,075.00 USD

RARE VARIATION 18TH CENTURY SPANISH OFFICER’S SWORD. Silvered brass hilt with remnants of silver in protected areas. Rare form oval guard, and wire wrapped grip with banded ferrules. All the elements decorated in spiral fluting. See Espadas Espanolas, Momparler, p.90 for a sword with similar decorative motifs which the author attributes to Barcelona. He further states that the motifs are found on other examples with variant form guards, of which this is one. 26 ¾” flattened diamond section blade with gilt geometry panels at the base and foliage and military trophies above. The blade length strongly suggests use by a naval officer which is consistent with Spanish colonial activity in the American Southwest and the Caribbean.

Nation : ?
Local Price : 1,075.00 USD

EASTERN EUROPEAN HANGER, C.1780-90. Probably Russian or Ukrainian. Of a form often described as “hunting swords” these were almost universally carried as civilian sidearms. The attribution is reinforced here by the decoration of the blade which incorporates a splay of military weapons behind a shield with a large central C, almost surely for Catherine the Great, Empress Regnant of Russia from 1762 until 1796. During that time, most of Ukraine was under Russian rule. The 23” broad fullered blade is of distinct Eastern European form with a stepped cutting edge and edged clipped point. The hilt is brass with floral decoration to functional mounts and a finely reeded and stain-decorated bone grip, simulating stag antler.

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £785

Click and use the code >23507 to search for this item on the dealer website Fine, Mid Edo Signed, Samurai Sword Tsuba Umatada Tadatsugu With Hozon Papers

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £775

Click and use the code >24172 to search for this item on the dealer website Good Antique Meiji Period Japanese Sword Stick ´Shikome Zue´ In Bamboo

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £775

Click and use the code >23479 to search for this item on the dealer website Good Antique Meiji Period Japanese Sword Stick ´Shikome Zue´ In Bamboo

Nation : French
Local Price : £775.00

**SCARCE**1888 French Model 1887 Chatellerault Arsenal Grenadier Officer’s Epee Sword With Brass Hilt With Grenadier Ignited Grenade Device. ED 2507. -. This is an excellent example of a French Model 1887 Line Officer’s Epee, this example displays a Grenadier Badge on the outer guard clamshell. A very nice scarce sword with Grenadier affiliation. Manufactured at the Chatellerault Arsenal in 1988. The hilt is very similar to the US Model 1840 NCO sword. It has a Clamshell guard with the inner clamshell laying flat and the outer slightly extended. The blade is three-edged T-shaped, much like the Model 1874 Gras Epee bayonet. The blade inscription states the arsenal, manufacture month and year (March 1888), as well as the sword regulation pattern (see images). Overall length of the sword is 38 ¼”. The blade length is 32”. The blade is clean and has original hilt washer. The hilt is numbered 3858 and has inspection marks. The scabbard is steel with one hanging ring & is undamaged. The price for this sword with grenadier connections and crisp markings includes UK delivery. ED 2507.

Nation : British
Local Price : £775.00

c1750 English Brass Hilted Small Sword with Copper bound Grip. ED 2554. -. The small sword (also court sword, French: épée de cour or dress sword) is a light one-handed sword designed for thrusting which evolved out of the longer and heavier rapier of the late Renaissance. The height of the small sword’s popularity was between mid-17th and late 18th century. It is thought to have appeared in France and spread quickly across the rest of Europe. The small sword was the immediate predecessor of the French duelling sword (from which the épée developed. This is a nice ‘c1750’ small sword with a 30 ½ “blade with twin 5” fullers from the cross guard. These carry engravings and the word ‘Toledo’ repeated four times within the fullers. The shell guard is heavily decorated on both sides with ‘stand of arms’, as is the knuckle bow and bulbous pommel. The copper wire bound grip has decorative banding at the top and bottom, and is undamaged. A lovely Mid-18th Century small sword. The price includes U.K. delivery. ED 2554.

Nation : British
Local Price : £775.00

Original Victorian Era Indian Pata Gauntlet Long Sword. Sn -. Pata swordsmen of the 17th century through to the Victorian era were specially trained in the use of this weapon, and could be extremely accurate with this somewhat unusual sword form. Peculiar to the Indian subcontinent, these broadswords had a protective gauntlet or armguard of steel, the grip being set at right angles to the blade (see page 485 item 6 of Stone’s A Glossary Of Arms & Armor where a Pata with similar gauntlet form as ours is illustrated). The steel gauntlet on this example has nice age darkened patina. The sword has a 34 ½” flat steel double edged blade and measures 47” overall. The blade is riveted to the ornate extended tang of the Gauntlet. The blade is undamaged with even aged patina. The inside of the gauntlet has a steel bar grip set across the inside of the first part of the gauntlet. The ’cuff’ of the gauntlet has a curved fore arm bar/ bracelet which hooks into 2 holes, one either side of the gauntlet. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 20200.

Nation : Spanish
Local Price : €950,00

Espada de montar con guarnición de “Farol”, hacia 1800, hoja siglo XVII.. Envolvente guarnición de hierro que ofrece una óptima protección para la mano. Sólida monterilla larga con perilla. Dos punzones de la Fábrica de Toledo en parte exterior de la cazoleta. Puño de madera forrado de piel. Hoja recta a doble filo, bastante ancha. Inscripción en latín por ambos costados “M E N E”. Buena conservación. Falta puente para el pulgar. Longitud total 97 cm, hoja 82 cm. Images courtesy of ANTIGUEDADES SALA (https://armasantiguas.com)

Nation : ?
Local Price : £750.00

Brass Hilted Smallsword, 18th Century.. A Brass Hilted Smallsword, 18th Century. With double edged tapering blade of flattened diamond section, engraved, 'S - A - H - A - G - O - E' within the fuller on one side and 'S - A - H - A - G - O - N' on the other, (blade 17th century) brass hilt comprising dish hilt and plain knuckle guard, wire bound grip, with urn shaped pommel. Dimension: Blade Length: 29.5 Inches (74.93 cm) Overall Length: 37 Inches (93.98 cm)

Nation : British
Local Price : £750.00

British Pattern 1831 Mameluke Hilted Sword. A British Pattern 1831 Mameluke Hilted General Officers Sword. With slightly curved single edged blade, etched with conventional florals, strap work and crossed sabres and on one side with crown and VR cipher and makers name, DAVIES & SON, 19 HANOVER ST, LONDON. brass hilt of standard pattern, ivory grip, in original brass scabbard. Dimensions: Blade Length: 29.5 Inches (74.93 cm) Overall Length: 35 Inches (88.90 cm)

Nation : German
Local Price : £750.00

Saxon Model 1867 Cavalry Trooper&#acute;s Sabre, Garde-Reiter Regiment, 1867-73. Description Curved single fullered sabre blade with spear point. Brass hilt with side bars. Brass backstrap, integral pommel with tang button and riveted ears. Ribbed grip of black leather over wood. Steel scabbard with two fixed hanging rings. Blade 34 3/8 inches in length, the sword 40 inches overall. The ricasso of the blade is stamped on one side with the manufacturer&#acute;s mark &#acute;P. D. Lüneschloss, Solingen&#acute;. It is stamped on the other side with the crown and &#acute;JR&#acute; cypher of King Johann, who reigned from 1854 to 1873. The outside of the hilt is stamped &#acute;GR&#acute;, for Garde Reiter. The quillon is stamped on one side with a crown proof mark. The Garde-Reiter-Regiment (1. Schweres Regiment) (1st Royal Saxon Guards Heavy Cavalry) was established in 1680 as a regiment of cuirassiers. It was the senior and premier heavy cavalry regiment of the Kingdom of Saxony, fighting in its wars from the Battle of Vienna through to WW1. The Saxon M1867 cavalry sword used by the enlisted men of the Garde Reiter borrowed much of its design from the Prussian M1852 cavalry officer&#acute;s sword, but with a brass hilt. Other Saxon cavalry of the period used the M1867 with a steel hilt. The Garde Reiter Regiment was disbanded in 1919. The outside of the hilt should bear the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Saxony “ this has been lost, and one can see the two holes in the hilt where it would be riveted through. Removing the solidly riveted emblem would seem like a strange but deliberate modification. While this is speculative, this might have been done in the republican period for political reasons. The abdication of King Frederick Augustus III in 1918 left a power vacuum which led to several years of political violence in Saxony as left-wing radicals attempted to establish a Soviet Republic, opposed by right-wing forces including the infamous Freikorps, and later the army of the new Weimar Republic. The blade has areas of patination and pitting along its length. Its edge is undamaged, there are a couple of dents to the spine. No leather washer. The inside of the hilt has a dark, even patina, while the outside is brighter brass. Some patches of patination to the backstrap, pommel and ears. Only a short stub remains of the leather finger loop. A patch of leather has been lost from the grip on one3 side at the pommel end, exposing the ribbed wood beneath. Otherwise the grip shows very little handling wear. The scabbard has significant pitting and dark patination overall. It is structurally strong but has a rough texture.

Nation : British
Local Price : £750.00

English 1751 Pattern Infantry Hanger, North Lincoln Militia, by Samuel Harvey. Description Slightly curved hanger blade with hatchet point, single narrow fuller close to the spine. Cast brass heart-shaped hilt with two side bars, spiral grip and round pommel. No scabbard. Blade length ~24Â¾ inches (62.8cm), the sword ~30Â½ inches (77.5cm) overall. The outside of the hilt is engraved with &#acute;M “ LINCOLN “ N “ B&#acute;, indicating issue to the North Battalion of Lincolnshire Militia, aka the North Lincoln Militia and &#acute;4 / 34&#acute;, most likely a rack number. The blade is stamped on both sides with a running fox within which are the initials &#acute;SH&#acute;, indicating the maker Samuel Harvey. It is also stamped at the shoulder on one side with a crown mark, partly obscured by the hilt. This indicates government inspection or ownership and suggests this was part of an officially ordered production run. The &#acute;1751 Pattern&#acute; is not an official pattern of British sword (built to specifications set by the military establishment) but a widely used type that appeared around that date, was purchased officially to some degree and issued to many regiments. In this era colonels of regiments typically controlled procurement of equipment but market availability affected their choices and some larger-scale ordering took place. The 1751 is simple and durable, its blade typical of the British &#acute;hanger&#acute;, and survives in some numbers today considering its age. Almost all examples are marked to a militia unit. The North Lincoln Militia was first raised in 1759, one of many created by the Militia Act of 1757 to respond to the threat posed by France during the Seven Years War. Parish constables drew up lists of all men aged 18 “ 50, with limited exemptions, then drew ballots to select some for three years of compulsory militia service, although men chosen could delegate their role to paid substitutes if they could find & afford them. The county of Lincolnshire had two separate battalions, North and South. Militia units were for home defence only, and could not be sent overseas “ service in practice meant a few weeks of training each year and occasional mustering for duty in keeping public order, almost always outside their home county. Nonetheless, the compulsory system was unpopular and riots broke out in Lincolnshire in 1757 over the Bill&#acute;s passage, some wrongly believing that it meant they would be conscripted into fighting overseas. Several counties delayed implementing the changes for years for fear of similar civil unrest. The Childers Reforms of 1881 attached county militia units to their respective county&#acute;s regiments as their third or fourth battalions “ the North Lincoln Militia accordingly became the 3rd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. This battalion served overseas for the first time in the Boer War. In 1908 all Militia battalions became the Special Reserve. It served as a training unit throughout WW1 supplying trained men to the regular battalions. The 3rd Battalion was disbanded in 1953 as the regiment shrank in size - after a series of amalgamations the lineage of the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment is today maintained by the Royal Anglian Regiment. The firm of Samuel Harvey was established in 1748, and used the mark of the &#acute;running fox&#acute; on both sides of their sword blades. After Samuel&#acute;s death in 1778 the family business was continued by his son and grandson, both of the same name, the last of whom died in 1810. The blade has been sharpened, with numerous nicks to its edge and a rounded tip. It has patches of patination and some spots of light pitting, with heavier pitting at the very tip. The brass hilt and grip are in good condition with even light patination and a few dents. The outer bar has a crack where it joins to the hilt but this is surface-level, it does not run all the way through the bar. The short quillon usually found on this type appears to have been deliberately removed. Slight movement of the hilt side to side, while the grip remains firm.

Nation : British
Local Price : £750.00

Scottish 90th Foot (Scottish Rifles) Officer’s Sword, Dated 1879, Major William Henry Vicars. Description Slightly curved, single fullered blade with spear point, three-bar guard with quillon, wire-bound shagreen grip, smooth steel backstrap with raised chequered thumb rest and integral chequered oval pommel. No leather washer. Brown leather scabbard with steel throat and chape pieces. Blade length 32Â¾ inches, 38 inches overall. The blade is etched at the forte on one side with a six-pointed star surrounding a brass proof slug with &#acute;H W&#acute;, the owner&#acute;s initials &#acute;WHV&#acute; within a cartouche, the crown and cypher of Queen Victoria and foliate motifs. It is etched on the other side with the manufacturer and retailer&#acute;s name &#acute;Henry Wilkinson Pall Mall London&#acute; beneath the badge of the Prince of Wales and &#acute;By Appointment&#acute; within a scroll, as well as the same crown and cypher and foliate motifs. The spine of the blade is stamped with the serial number 23119: Wilkinson&#acute;s records show that this sword was sold to W. H. Vicars on the 29th May 1879. This pattern of sword is very unusual. In the period up to 1881 officers of the Highland infantry regiments carried the traditionally-styled Scottish broadsword with basket hilt, while Lowland regiments carried the British 1845 Pattern infantry officer&#acute;s sword. However, within that broad picture there was a great degree of variation in practice. In 1881 the Lowland regiments adopted Scottish dress and began carrying the broadsword, now with interchangeable hilts “ but with the notable exception of the newly created Cameronians, aka Scottish Rifles, who adopted the 1845 Rifles pattern sword instead. This sword is an example of a regimental variation that existed before the standardization of 1881 “ a sword which uses the 1822 Pattern Light Cavalry Officer&#acute;s three-bar hilt, but with a chequered pommel, together with a light single-fullered sabre blade from the Royal Artillery pattern. This is a known variation which is noted in Swords of the British Army by Robson, but he writes that it was peculiar to the Queen&#acute;s Own Cameron Highlanders “ if that&#acute;s true, this example proves that it was also carried by the 90th Foot (Perthshire Volunteers), before that regiment was amalgamated with the 26th Foot to form the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). See p187, Plate 180, Swords of the British Army (Revised Edition): the sword pictured is identical in form to this one, also made by Wilkinson, and has the serial number 23390, meaning it was also made in 1879 very soon after this one. It may be that this pattern was so unusual that it was only manufactured by Wilkinson: only a handful of officers would have ever ordered it. Willliam Henry Vicars was born in 1858 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. He was the eldest son of retired Lieutenant-Colonel William Henry Vicars of the 61st Regiment (South Gloucestershire) - a career soldier who served in the Second Anglo-Sikh War of 1848-9, including Chillianwallah, Gujrat and the Siege of Delhi. The younger William was educated at Uppingham School, leaving in 1876. He joined the Kildare Rifles Militia in February 1878, reaching the rank of Lieutenant, then gained a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the 90th Foot (Perthshire Volunteers) on 2nd July 1879. At the time he joined the 90th it was engaged in the closing phase of the Zulu War, including the conclusive Battle of Ulundi on the 4th July. He purchased his sword on the 7th July, and in October went to join his regiment which had been sent from South Africa to India. He would certainly have been the new boy, surrounded by veterans of two years of warfare with Xhosa and Zulus. The 90th amalgamated with the 26th Foot (Cameronians) in 1881 to become the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) and William was promoted to Lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion during the transition. He remained with them, based in Bengal, until October 1890 when he transferred to the York and Lancaster Regiment, promoted to Captain in the move. He retired from the service in September 1891 and went on the Reserve List. William returned to military service during the Boer War. He departed on the HMS Assaye on the 28th February 1900 and joined the General Staff as a Special Service Officer. He served as Adjutant at the Artillery & Cavalry Depot at Maitland Camp, a large encampment about six miles from Cape Town, which was both a rest camp for returning troops and a staging ground for newly disembarked troops, particularly cavalry. It hosted as many as 3,000 soldiers, along with 30-35,000 animals for which there was a full veterinary hospital. He was later posted as a Commandant graded as a Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General in June 1900, on the British lines of communication “ an extremely large and complex system which incorporated telegraphs, telephones, heliographs, lamps, signal flags and carrier pigeons. It was a favoured tactic of the Boers to sabotage British communications lines and then attack repair parties, or tap the lines to gain intelligence. William took part in operations in the Transvaal in April and May 1902 attached to the 3rd Battalion Essex Regiment, and was awarded the Queen&#acute;s South Africa Medal with four clasps “ for the Cape Colony, Transvaal, Orange Free State and South Africa 1902. He retired again after the end of hostilities in October 1902, still on the Reserve List, and was promoted to Major for his service in South Africa. During this period William returned to India and worked as a &#acute;Political Agent&#acute; in the Indian Political Service. On the outbreak of WW1 he returned to England and enlisted with the 12th Provisional Battalion, Royal Scots in August 1914, at the age of 56. He was wounded, and awarded the Silver War Badge. He relinquished his commission with the Royal Scots in November 1915 due to ill health and was attached to the Duke of Cambridge&#acute;s Own (Middlesex Regiment). He was appointed to the Labour Corps, a common appointment for wounded officers, from October 1917 until August 1918, when he was appointed to a term as an Inspector of Fire Services, lasting until May 1919. In 1920 he is reported as being an &#acute;Officer&#acute;s Friend&#acute; for the Ministry of Pensions, i.e. an ex-soldier with knowledge of administration who advised and assisted retired officers or their dependants with their pensions. His brother Arthur Vicars, a noted expert on Irish heraldry who became Ulster King of Arms, was murdered in 1921 by the IRA. William fully retired in 1939, and died in 1942 aged 84. He is buried in St Peter&#acute;s Church, Leckhampton. The blade is brightly polished with a few spots of dark patination and some spots of pitting along the spine. It has been sharpened. The metal parts of the hilt have some patination. The wire binding of the grip is all present and tight, a patch of shagreen of the grip has been lost on one side next to the pommel. The fittings of the scabbard appear to have been nickel-plated - much of this has been lost, with patination to the exposed steel. The leather of the scabbard is good, flexible with all its stitching intact and only a few dents and scrapes to the surface.

Nation : British
Local Price : £750.00

Early 1827 British Naval officers sword. Originally introduced in 1827, it replaced the earlier 1822 Pattern. The main changes where the introduction of a solid brass guard with a crown and fouled anchor and a lion pommel. Replacing the previous open bars, royal cypher and stepped pommel. The dimensions for the blade were laid out as thirty -one and a quarter inches long and one and three eights inches wide at the shoulders. This new pattern also marked the abandoning of blue and gilt decoration for more engraving.This is very early example of the 1827, probably made by John Prosser. The ring under the guard for the sword knot, as opposed to two pierced holes, date this to before 1830. A does the St Edwards crown. Shorter than the pattern at only twenty-seven and a half inches it could be a custom order, or a dress sword. Alternately it could be a midshipman&#acute;s sword as they were instructed to acquire &156;blades of a convenient length&157;.A similar sword can be seen in the well known portrait of Captain William Peel VC with one at relief of Lucknow in 1858

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £750

Click and use the code >19741 to search for this item on the dealer website Ko Tosho School Swordsmith Made Koto Katana Tsuba Circa 1400

Nation : American
Local Price : £750

Click and use the code >23573 to search for this item on the dealer website Antique Ethiopian Shotel - Gorode Officer´s Sword Of Emperor Menelik IInd´s Reign, & Then Into Emperor Hallie Selassie´s Reign

Nation : British
Local Price : £750

Click and use the code >21275 to search for this item on the dealer website Very Good & Most Rare &#acute;Colonel-of-Staff&#acute; Hussars Regiments 19th Century British Army Colonel&#acute;s Undress Sabretache, in Russia Leather, With Royal Cypher

Nation : British
Local Price : £750

Click and use the code >25178 to search for this item on the dealer website Chevasse & Co Confederate Contract Pattern 1856, 1856/8 Two Band Enfield Rifle Sword Bayonet with Yataghan Blade. American Civil War Import From Birmingham England, by Confederate Supply Contractor.

Nation : American
Local Price : £750

Click and use the code >21684 to search for this item on the dealer website Fine and Beautiful Carved Horn Hilted 18th Century Royal Naval Officer´s Hanger Sword or Cuttoe

Nation : British
Local Price : £750

Click and use the code >23496 to search for this item on the dealer website Fabulous 10th to 12th Century, Crusader Knights Period, Original, Large Reliquary Pectoral Cross Pendant, Crucifix. Possibly Cleaved By a Sword Cut