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Nation : British
Local Price : £695.00

British WW1 Troopers 1908 Sword dated 1915. British WW1 Troopers 1908 Sword dated 1915 regulation sword and what seems to be original paint. The blade marked with issue and inspection marks as is the scabbard under the paint but it is also stamped 5R 904. No damage to sword or scabbard and age wear to paint overall length 42 inch the blade 34.75 inch.

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £695.00

**QUALITY**WW2 Japanese Kamikaze & Kaiten Pilot Officer’s Aikuchi Seppuku / Suicide Dirk With Scabbard. Sn 23505 -. The WW2 Japanese Kamikaze (divine wind) special attack corps was formed from volunteer pilots who crashed their aircraft or ’Okhas’ (piloted bombs) into enemy shipping. Kaiten (Japanese Navy One man Submarines) were also used for this purpose. A Kamikaze or Kaiten Officer pilot could if he wished carry a small Aikuchi (dagger without guard) with which to cut his own jugular or stab himself in the last moments before hitting his target. This is an original quality made, Japanese Kamikaze / Kaiten Pilot’s Aikuchi Seppuku Suicide Dirk with scabbard. The single edged steel blade fullered on one side, is sharp and it has a white metal habaki collar. It has a cutting edge of 5 ¾” and has an attractive, pronounced etched wave hamon temperline. The tang is un-signed. The dirk measures 9 ½” overall (in its scabbard the dirk measures just over 10” overall). The dirk is correctly without finger guard. The hilt & scabbard are wood with polished horn fixings. The price for this rare, sought after Japanese Kamikaze piece includes UK delivery. Sn 23505 (in tanto box armoury)

Nation : British
Local Price : £695.00

British 19th Century Mounted Police Sword. #2512001. This rare, mounted police sword is similar to the 1821 pattern used by the British light cavalry. These swords were issued to officers of British Mounted Police in the mid-19th Century.The 805mm single-edged blade is an almost straight version of the 1845 pattern “Wilkinson” blade. The blade has a flat spine above a deep single fuller and terminates in a double-edged spear point. The blade measures 30mm wide at the ricasso and has an 8mm thick spine.The blade is un-sharpened and is in great condition. The ricasso bears the War Department Broad Arrow and WD over an Enfield inspection stamp. It is possible that these swords were also used by the mounted military police.The three-bar hilt is in good condition and is bright and rust free. The shagreen grip is in excellent condition and the twisted wire is intact and tight. The blade is firm in the hilt.The sword is complete with its black leather scabbard with polished steel mounts. The bottom mount has some cleaned pitting. The leather is in good condition and retains its original finish with small losses. The stitched seam is intact and tight. The sword sheathes and draws smoothly and is held firmly within the scabbard.This is a great example of a rare British sword for the Mounted Police.

Nation : British
Local Price : £685.00

Victorian 27th LRV Officers Sword. Victorian 27th LRV Officers Sword. Levee weight sword with brass gilt hilt with folding side guard, fish skin grip, leather liner and sword knot both showing age wear. The blade slightly curved engraved with 27 LRV, Victorian crown and initials J R B the reverse with V R and crown plus regimental badge and motto, Tutus in undis. Complete with two scabbards, parade and field both in poor condition please see images Overall length 37.5 inch the blade 32.5 inch maker marked Joel Edwards and Sons Hanover Street London

Nation : French
Local Price : £675.00

WW1 Era 1913 Dated French Chatellerault Arsenal 1882 Pattern Infantry Officer’s Flag Promotion / Commission Family Presentation Sword With Nickel Plated Brass Hilt, Etched Blade Retailed By Petitfils Paris, Officer’s Rank Tassel Cord & Scabbard. This is an excellent original French 1882 Pattern Infantry Officer’s Flag Promotion presentation sword (see page 192 of World Swords by Withers). Our example of the 1882 has a clean, 35 ¼” long, clean nickel plated steel blade with fullers (40 ¾” overall). The blade has its original leather hilt washer. One side of the blade is crisply engraved by the French Chatellerault Arsenal manufacturer, dated ‘Juillet (July) 1913’ and ‘Mle 1882’ pattern / model designation and retailer detail which looks like ‘Petitfils Paris’ a known French maker and retailer of WW1 swords (illustrated). One side has foliate engraved panels & presentation message in French ‘A Son Neveu De Bonnaventure (To His Nephew Good Fortune)’, the reverse ‘Promotion Des Drapeaux’ (On Flag Promotion / Commission)’. It has a voided nickel plated brass guard and rounded stepped pommel. Its grooved polished horn hilt has its original copper wire binding all tight and intact. The hilt is fitted with original period cord with rank tassel all clean and intact. The sword is complete with its original steel scabbard. The scabbard with single hanging ring & shoe has even patina and no dents or damage. The price includes UK delivery. ED 3022

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £675

Click and use the code >24045 to search for this item on the dealer website Super Early Samurai Sword Katana Tsuba, Kanayama and Ono School

Nation : British
Local Price : £675.00

**RARE**C1887 Victorian Greaves & Co Kings Head Police Station, Chingford Kent Weapon Number 9 Police Constabulary Sword Hanger With Etched Blade ‘KHP No.9’ & Scabbard. ED 2562 -. The Metropolitan police was formed in 1829 and although Chingford in Kent was in its jurisdiction, the scattered village fell under the control of Waltham Abbey Police Force and did not warrant its own police station at that time. In the 1870’s there were concerns about the increase in lawlessness in Chingford, in particular, rowdy behaviour by some of the many visitors to the forest. In 1887 land was found to build the station next to the Kings Head public house. Illustrated in image 1 is a period image taken Circa 1887 of a Group of King’s Head Police Station Police Officer’s outside their new Police Station. This is an original Victorian era Police hanger & scabbard to the King’s Head Police manufactured by Greaves & Co. It has a faint etched panel on one side of the 23 ½” swept cutlass form blade ‘KHP No.9’ (Kings Head Police Weapon Number 9). The spine has a faint etched panel ‘Greaves & Co Manufacturer’. The fullered blade has just staining consistent with age and is very sharp. The blade has its original leather hilt washer. The shagreen wrapped handle is in good order with brass hand guard & stepped pommel. The hilt’s locking catch works correctly retaining the hanger securely in its scabbard, The overall length of the sword is 29 ½”. The leather scabbard with brass mounts is in good condition with just small areas of stitching on the spine open & just scuffs & abrasions to leather consistent with age and service use. The brass throat mount has a frog locket. The price for this rare hanger to a small Victorian Police constabulary includes UK delivery. ED 2562

Nation : British
Local Price : £675.00

**NAMED**WW1 Era British Fenton Brothers Ltd Sheffield George V 1897 Pattern Sword with Presentation Etched Blade ‘Presented To 2nd Lieut Ewart H Philips from Bargoed’ & Field Service Scabbard. ED 2683. -. This is an excellent WW1 era 1897 pattern Infantry Officer’s sword with presentation etched blade. The sword has a clean 32 ½” long blade with partial fullers. The blade is etched on both sides. Both sides have decorative foliate panels. One side has Kings crown Royal Cypher ‘GR V’ (George V Rex), maker detail ‘Fenton Brothers Ltd Sheffield’ together with panel ‘Presented To 2nd Lieut Ewart H Philips from Bargoed (Bargoed is a town and community in the Rhymney Valley, Wales, one of the South Wales Valleys)’. The reverse has King’s crown heraldic arms and has the ordnance acceptance star. It has a full 1897 Pattern knuckle guard with King George V Crown & Royal Cypher. It has a curved stepped pommel with ball top and knurled back strap for grip, fish skin grip with wire binding in superb condition. It is complete with leather covered wood field service scabbard. All leather and stitching are clean and intact. The price for this excellent named sword includes UK delivery. ED 2683.

Nation : British
Local Price : £675.00

British Ordnance Marked Victorian 1845 Pattern Royal Navy Boarding Cutlass. Sn 22266 -. The British Royal Navy due to its global presence and command of the sea was by far the most organised and trained of all the World major sea services and it’s edged weapons used for boarding and repelling boarders reflected this. The Royal Navy was one of the first Navies in the 18th Century to begin standardising the personal edged weapons used by ordinary seaman. Experiments during the early 1840s for a new naval cutlass design to replace the venerable 1804 Pattern resulted in a design by George Lovell, the Inspector of Small Arms, being accepted in 1842. A fire at the Tower of London destroyed early stocks and the design did not enter service in bulk until three years later, hence being termed the 1845 Pattern. It was considered very successful, handling well compared to its bulky predecessor the 1804 Pattern and being simpler to manufacture. This is a very good original Victorian 1845 Pattern boarding Cutlass (see page 248 of World Swords by Withers). Our example has the classic broad single edged 29 ½” blade (34 ½” overall). The blade is just under 1 ½” broad at its widest and the spine is 7mm width at its widest. It has the correct full steel bowl knuckle guard and ribbed steel hilt all blackened. The guard is slotted for wrist strap. The blade has some staining consistent with age & service use and has its original leather hilt washer. Near to the hilt one side of the blade has a ‘crown 13’ British ordnance inspection mark. The spine has faint indistinct partial maker’s name ‘***INGTON’ . These weapons were stored in locked racks on board ships and issued only for training or combat so are often found without scabbards. Only a small number were furnished with scabbards so that with a baldrick they could be worn for land-bound duties. Our example is without scabbard. The price for this piece of British Naval history includes UK delivery. Sn 22266 (tub armoury)

Nation : Spanish
Local Price : £675

Click and use the code >25310 to search for this item on the dealer website Edo Period Tettsu &#acute; Krishitan&#acute; {Christian} Samurai Sword Tsuba {Sword Guard} Of Twin Symbols of The Rope And The Cross. In Superb Condition & Traditionally Boxed For Display. From A Very Fine Collection Of Beautiful Antique Tsuba

Nation : British
Local Price : £675

Click and use the code >26162 to search for this item on the dealer website Good 1821 Pattern Light Cavalry Sabre For Dragoons Hussars and Lancer´s

Nation : British
Local Price : £675.00

Georgian Cut Steel Court Sword. Georgian Cut Steel Court Sword in super condition with facet cut hilt with pierced boat guard and chain and tassel knuckle bow, trefoil blade, complete with original steel mounted leather scabbard with matching polished hanger and chains.

Nation : British
Local Price : £675.00

British Board Of Ordnance 1845 Pattern Royal Navy Boarding Cutlass Weapon Number ‘172’ Regulation Converted Slender Blade C1887 / 1888. Sn 22296 -. The British Royal Navy due to its global presence and command of the sea was by far the most organised and trained of all the World major sea services and it’s edged weapons used for boarding and repelling boarders reflected this. The Royal Navy was one of the first Navies in the 18th Century to begin standardising the personal edged weapons used by ordinary seaman. Experiments during the early 1840s for a new naval cutlass design to replace the venerable 1804 Pattern resulted in a design by George Lovell, the Inspector of Small Arms, being accepted in 1842. A fire at the Tower of London destroyed early stocks and the design did not enter service in bulk until three years later, hence being termed the 1845 Pattern. It was considered very successful, handling well compared to its bulky predecessor the 1804 Pattern and being simpler to manufacture. Many of the 1845 pattern cutlasses were converted in 1887 and 1888 to the new specifications. They had their blades made more slender (see page 248 of World Swords by Withers). Our example is one of the regulation converted blades which would have been performed circa 1887- 1888. It has the classic single edged 28 ½” (34” overall). The blade is 1 ½” broad at its widest and the spine is 5mm width at its widest. The blade has some staining consistent with age & service use. It has the correct full steel bowl knuckle guard and ribbed steel hilt all blackened. The guard is slotted for wrist strap and has an additional period pierced hole. The guard has 2 brass rivets (these would most likely have supported a brass lozenge riveted to the front with a weapon / rack number. The lozenge is absent (Wither’s book illustrates afore described hilt plates). The guard also has engraved ‘BO WD arrow’ Board of Ordnance mark and weapon number ‘172’. These weapons were stored in locked racks on board ships and issued only for training or combat so are often found without scabbards. Only a small number were furnished with scabbards so that with a baldrick they could be worn for land-bound duties. Our example is without scabbard. The price for this piece of British Naval history includes UK delivery. Sn 22296 (tub armoury)

Nation : British
Local Price : £675.00

Victorian, British Ordnance Scarboro Rifles (Scarborough North Yorkshire) Pattern 1827 Volunteer Rifle Brigade Officer’s Sword With Etched Blade By Hart & Hill, Scarboro & Scabbard. Sn 23156 -. The Volunteer movement had its origins in the eighteenth century. Service in the Militia was compulsory at that time for those selected by ballot and who were not wealthy enough to hire a substitute. But specific threats, such as Jacobite risings or the threat of French invasion, induced men to volunteer for home defence. A series of Militia Acts, notably in 1761, 1768 and 1802, had the effect of transforming the Militia from a home defence force into a reserve for the Regular Army, and its former function was increasingly filled by the Volunteers. During the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815, the risk of invasion by Revolutionary France persuaded the government to authorise the formation of volunteer units that would be subject to military discipline and eligible for pay when called out. Numerous Volunteer units were formed around the country. British Volunteer strength peaked in 1803 at a remarkable total of some 440,000, but with the defeat of Napoleon they were all disbanded. In 1859 after another threat of Invasion Volunteer rifle units throughout Britain were reinstated. The Scarborough Volunteer Rifles were part of the historic Yorkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps. They became part of the North York Militia, then the North York Rifles, and later a battalion of the Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regiment). The 1827 pattern is defined by gothic bar guard hilt coupled with the usual Royal Cypher with strung bugle cartouche badge of the Rifle Brigade (see page 174 of World Swords by Withers). This is an original 1827 Pattern Scarborough Rifles Officer’s Sword. The sword has a clean 32 ½” blade (38 ½” overall) with fullers and original leather hilt washer. The blade has etched & blued foliate panels together with ‘Scarboro Rifles’, the slung bugle of the Rifle Brigade Queen’s crown and ‘VR’ Royal Cypher (Victoria Regina). The blade also has ordnance proof star and roundel & is signed by the maker or retailer ‘Hart & Hill, Scarboro’. It has the correct steel gothic bar knuckle guard with the Rifle Brigade ’Queen’s Crown with slung bugle’ badge and curved stepped pommel. The fish skin covering on the grip grip is very good, the grip’s copper wire binding is all present and tight. It is complete with its steel scabbard with 2 hanging rings and shoe. The scabbard has areas of staining consistent with age but no dents. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23156

Nation : German
Local Price : 925.00 USD

GOTHIC SHORTSWORD, GERMAN C.1450. 19 ¼” length with 13 ¾” blade of heavy wedge section. Excavated with its pommel cap and two of three grip rivets intact. Closely related to the scramseax of centuries earlier, these were swords of peasants, untrained in fencing, but of extraordinary musculature resulting from their backbreaking work. They were kept in the house at the front door for defense and carried when foul play might be encountered as when going to town. That they are weapons and not working knives, is verified by the fact that their original form is preserved, uncompromised by repeated sharpening, as would be the case with a working knife or tool.

Nation : American
Local Price : 925.00 USD

US 1840 PATTERN FOOT OFFICER’S SWORD. Among the rarest of standard pattern swords, this sword is based on the 1840 NCO sword with distinguishing premium features. The all-brass hilt is decorated with foliage motifs on the pommel and knuckle bow. The left thickened edge side guard folds for wear and opens locked for combat. The underside of the guard is hemispherical to seat the folding guard and is above an oval brass blade seat. The 32 ¼” blade of this example is undecorated and unmarked. It has a chocolate brown patina with some islands of pitting mid-blade, mostly to the right side. Good uniform dark patina. Probably a German import under the pressures of War, this pattern is among the rarest of Civil War swords.

Nation : Swiss
Local Price : £650.00

M.1775 Sardinia-Piedmont sabre. A short infantry sabre of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont, Model 1775. A solid brass hilt with a wide hilt and a side guard. Leather-covered grip with a firm brass wire wrapping. Engraved on the quarto side of the blade with the crowned eagle and Savoy breast shield, as well as the motto "VIVE LE ROY". On the other side, an equilateral cross between floral tendrils and military trophies. Broad fullered back blade, 62.2 cm with a back point and a 15 cm long back edge, overall 75.3 cmIntroduced following the reorganisation of the army by King Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia-Piedmont Mainly used by the light infantry and jäeger sniper regiments, including the Swiss regiments in Sardinian-Piedmontese services. They were in use from 1775 and 1797

Nation : British
Local Price : £650.00

18th Century Shearing Sword. A silver-hilted British Shearing sword, London 1761. With a tapering double-edged blade, silver hilt cast and chased with writhen designs, comprising boat-shell guard, a pair of quillons with scalloped terminals, knuckle-guard struck with marks (rubbed), and spirally-moulded ovoid pommel, and the grip bound with plaited copper alloy wire and ribband between silver collars, 74.7 cm bladeThe handle is marked for William Kinman, (a raised ’WK’ within a shaped cartouche). He was a prominent London silver hilt maker and leading member of the Founders Company of which he was elected Master in 1780The shearing sword was popularised by fencing masters William Hope and Donald Mcbane as a cut and thrust blade, but with out the weight commonly found in the backsword. Only around for a short period, the however had a long service life, before eventually being replaced by the single edged spadroon

Nation : Indian
Local Price : £650.00

1896 pattern Indian Mountain Artillery Sabre. The mountain artillery sabre was issued to the Indian Army in 1850 when the Hazara Mountain Train was formed, by 1889 there were eight battalions. With its guns and ancillary equipment carried by mules a mountain battery could move at the same pace or faster than light infantry and a battery could be unloaded, assembled and brought into action within a few minutes. The ’world record’ is probably from the Tibet Expedition of 1904 when a section of one battery brought its guns into action at a height of 17,200 feet Both the sword is in good condition with no rust, and some minor pitting towards the tip. The mk2 scabbard over all is in a good condition. The spine is marked for Wilkinson and the has the inspection mark for the Indian army.The guard is marked 26 M.B. 228 4. This is for the 26th Jacob’s Mountain Battery, the battery can trace its origins back to Golandauze Battalion (1826). In 1843 it became the 10th Company Golandauze Battalion of Bombay Foot Artillery, and became the 26th Jacob’s Mountain Battery in 1903. During the First World War, the 26th Jacob’s Mountain Battery fought with great distinction at Gallipoli, Egypt, Mesopotamia and Persia. After the war, it again saw service on the Northwest Frontier. During the Second World War, it fought in the Burma Campaign as part of the 17th Indian Division.

Nation : British
Local Price : £650.00

British Edward VIII 1897 Pattern Infantry Officer&#acute;s Sword by Flights Ltd. Description Straight single-fullered spear-pointed blade. Steel hilt with pierced and imprinted decoration including the crown and cypher of King Edward VIII. Steel ferrule, fully chequered steel backstrap, integral oval pommel with tang button. Wire-bound black shagreen grip, brown leather washer, red and gold parade sword knot with silver acorn. Brown leather field scabbard with frog strap, nickel plated steel throat piece. Blade length 32Â½ inches, 0.98 inches (2.5cm) wide at the shoulder, the sword 38Â¾ inches overall. The blade is faintly etched at the ricasso on one side with the retailer&#acute;s mark &#acute;FLIGHT&#acute; indicating Flights Ltd “ there would have been more text including the company&#acute;s street address but this has been polished off, seemingly deliberately given that there are visible polishing marks and none of the other etching shows any signs of rubbing. At the ricasso on the other side is an etched six-pointed star within which is a brass proof slug stamped with &#acute;PRO_&#acute; and a fleur de lys. Some letters are illegible but this should read &#acute;PROVED&#acute;. The blade is further etched on one side with the royal crown and shield, on the other side with the crown and cypher of Edward VII, and on both sides with a wreath of laurel & palm and foliate motifs. There is a cartouche for the optional etching of the owner&#acute;s name, which has been left blank. King Edward VIII reigned from January to December 1936, a total of 326 days from the death of his father George V until his abdication. He was never coronated, but his cypher, monogram and likeness were used on various items produced during his very brief reign. Army officers&#acute; swords bearing his cypher are rare today because for one to exist it would most likely have to have been made during this brief window of time. Officer&#acute;s swords were privately purchased on an individual basis. The most common time for the officer to buy one was when he was newly commissioned, a sword being a necessary part of his new uniform, at which point the cypher of the current monarch would be used. This would limit the supply of Edward VIII swords to the number of Army officers commissioned during that period, with some margin for stock produced but not sold. Existing officers purchasing a new sword for a new monarch would be very unusual, as swords with an old monarch&#acute;s cypher remained acceptable for wear (provided they were of an acceptable Pattern) and could be a point of pride as they demonstrated an officer&#acute;s length of service. Rehilting of old swords rather than a complete replacement did occur to some extent - I have previously seen a sword with a George V marked blade paired with an Edward VIII hilt. This would have been substantially cheaper and not left the officer with a redundant sword, but would still have been an unnecessary expense done purely for looks. By the same logic there may be swords out there made as an Edward VIII then rehilted for George VI, but I have not yet encountered one and they would have to be rare indeed as a fraction of an already small number. This example has the cypher of Edward VIII on both blade and hilt, making it true 1936 production with no modifications. Its excellent overall condition invites the question of whether it was carried much, or quietly put away when the King shocked society by abdicating in order to marry a woman widely considered unsuitable to be Queen Consort. A great many coins, stamps and items of memorabilia made in honour of the new King were simply junked. The polishing off of the retailer&#acute;s name from this example is also an interesting detail. Did this sword actually make it to an officer at all, or did it end up as redundant stock, like the mountains of unsold Edward VIII coronation mugs? The firm of William Flight was established in Winchester in 1750. It was at the outset a tailor&#acute;s shop, becoming specifically a military tailor in around 1852 “ both the King&#acute;s Royal Rifle Corps (60th Rifles) and the Rifle Brigade had their depot in the former &#acute;King&#acute;s House&#acute; at Winchester (later called the Rifle Depot, then the Green Jackets Depot, then the Upper Barracks, now called the Peninsula Barracks), totalling eight battalions of potential customers. It remained in the family for generations, Frederick William Flight taking over in 1867. The firm moved to 90 High Street in 1875. The business became Flights Ltd in 1920 and gave up its old Winchester premises in favour of newer branches at London and Aldershot. It ceased trading in 1956. The blade&#acute;s finish is excellent with minimal patination: some spots near the tip, a few light and very small spots in the etched section with little impact. The etching is bright and clear, retaining the contrast between the matt acid-etched background and the reflective polished designs within it. The blade&#acute;s edge is unsharpened and undamaged. The shagreen of the grip is all intact with light handling wear, its wire binding is all present with some movement to three loops. Fractional movement to the ferrule. The scabbard mouth, hilt, ferrule, backstrap and pommel have all been nickel-plated and this plating is in very good condition with only tiny spots of flaking at the edges of the hilt. The sword knot has some small spots of fray exposing to the wires exposing the fibre core above the acorn and next to the hilt (where it would rubs against the edge). The leather of the scabbard is good with only a few very small scuffs, the stitching of the frog strap bands have partly opened but it remains well attached.

Nation : -
Local Price : £650.00 GBP

Kindjal, 19th Century. A 19th century kindjal or qama sword. Hilt mounted with blue and green gemstones, and blade featuring deep fullers."

Nation : Spanish
Local Price : £650

Click and use the code >25638 to search for this item on the dealer website Fabulous & Massive Antique Moro Keris Kalis, A Phillipines Pre Colonial Style Warrior´s Sword

Nation : -
Local Price : $650.00

European Smallsword, 2nd Half 18th C, Probably French. Featurng cast brass hilt, consisting of asymmetrical shell guard with raised border, pas d’ane, reverse quillon with ball finial, and integral knuckle bow joining the spherical pommel with button. Wood grip with twisted copper wire wrap and brass ferrules top and bottom. Slender hollow-ground 30 3/4″ (78.1 cm) blade of triangular section, engraved with scrolling foliage and stands of arms over the upper third. Hilt parts somewhat loose, showing mellow mustard-color patina, with darker patina in protected areas. Blade with dark brown patina and several shallow nicks in the edge; engraving difficult to see due to the dark patina. No scabbard. Overall length 36 5/8″ (93 cm). Many swords of this type were carried by gentlemen and officers in the Colonial American forces during the Revolution.

Nation : British
Local Price : £650.00

British Grenadier Guards Dress Sword. Battle Honours. Owners Initials. #2509010. This Grenadier Guards Officers dress sword was made by the Wilkinson Sword Company and was retailed by Edward Smith of Saville Row, London. Smith was an established supplier of swords to Guards regiments.The 825mm thrusting blade (1892 pattern) is of dumbbell form, the first third of the blade having a symmetrical dumbbell-like cross section with a flat spine and belly and a short central fuller. The blade has a wedge-shaped cross section for the last two-thirds of its length and terminates in a narrow spear point.The blade is in excellent condition with only a few small spots of tarnish. The etching is deep and crisp. The blade is etched with the crowned royal cypher of King George V above crossed laurel and palm fronds. Below this are etched eleven battle honours from the Peninsular, Waterloo, Crimea, Egypt, Sudan and South African. A central cartouche bears the owner’s initials, A. M. S.The obverse is etched with a Georgian crown above a flaming grenade and crossed laurel and palm fronds. Below these are thirteen earlier battle honours, from Tangier in 1680 down to Nive in 1813.The ricasso bears the retailer’s details, “E. Smith, 5 Boyle Street, Saville Row.” The obverse ricasso bears a Wilkinson Sword Co. etched Damascus star proof mark, identified by James Elstob as type #377 on the excellent “Langham’s British Sword Research” website.The spine is stamped made in England and bears the Smith customer order number 14012.The Gothic steel hilt is in great condition and retains its nickel plating. The guard bears the flaming grenade badge of the Grenadier Guards above the Flowers of the Union and showing the cypher of George V. The shagreen grip is in good condition and the twisted wire is intact and tight. The blade is firm in the hilt. The upper section of the guard is wrapped with its brown leather sword knot.The sword is complete with its brown leather covered field scabbard. The scabbard is in good condition with some areas of mouse damage at the bottom. The sword sheathes and draws smoothly and is held firmly within the scabbard.This is a great example of a scarce Grenadier Guards officer’s dress sword, complete with researchable owner’s initials.

Nation : British
Local Price : £650.00

Cambridge University Rifles 1827 Pattern Rifle Officer&#acute;s Sword, c1866 by Thurkle, of Sir Lucas Eustratios Ralli, 1st Baronet. Description Slightly curved spear-pointed blade with fuller. Pierced steel hilt of &#acute;Gothic&#acute; style with inset crown & strung bugle badge of the light infantry. Steel ferrule, partly chequered backstrap and stepped oval pommel cap. Wire-bound black shagreen grip. Buff leather washer. Steel parade scabbard with two hanging rings. Blade 32Â¼ inches in length, the sword 37Â¾ inches overall. The blade has a brass proof slug at the forte on one side stamped with a six-pointed star and &#acute;PROVED&#acute;, with an rayed star etched around the proof slug. It is further etched on that side with the owner&#acute;s initials &#acute;LER&#acute; within an ornate cartouche, a strung bugle badge of the Rifle Corps, the coat of arms of Cambridge University beneath a crown, and foliate motifs. On the other side the blade is etched at the forte with the maker&#acute;s mark &#acute;E THURKLE SWORD MANUFACTURER 104 HIGH HOLBORN LONDON&#acute;, and further up the blade with the crown and cypher of Queen Victoria, victor&#acute;s laurels and foliate motifs. Lucas Eustratios Ralli was born in London in 1846, son of Eustratios Stephanos Ralli. The Ralli family were merchants from the Greek island of Chios, one of many branches supposedly descended from a Norman aristocrat named Raoul who defected to the Byzantine Empire. They were already wealthy when in 1815 the patriarch, Stephanos Ralli, sought to take advantage of the fall of Napoleon and subsequent changes to European trade routes. He moved their trading business off the island to offices in Marseille and London, dispatching his five sons to establish an east-west network trading British textiles for grain from Odessa and Constantinople, with Eustratios positioned in Manchester overseeing the textile exports. This arrangement was not only profitable but also saved all of their lives, as the Ottoman Empire conquered Chios in 1822 during the Greek War of Independence, massacred its population and took most of the survivors into slavery. Predicting wars and successfully trading from their consequences seem to have been one of the family&#acute;s talents and the trading company went from strength to strength, establishing offices across the Mediterranean, in the United States and a large operation in India from 1851, the latter timed perfectly to sell Indian jute as a substitute for Russian hemp no longer available due to the Crimean War. The Ralli family were the wealthiest and most successful Greek expatriates in Victorian Britain, and Lucas would have been born in considerable luxury but with high expectations. During his childhood his uncle Pandia Ralli, one of the five original sons, had taken the company to new heights and became an eminent figure in their community. Pandia generously assisted fellow Greeks in Britain but also used his family&#acute;s commercial might to enforce his personal high standards for fair dealing - earning him the nickname among them of &#acute;Zeus&#acute;. He was appointed the first Greek Consul in London in 1835, helped build a Greek Orthodox church at London Wall and was responsible for the Greek stand at the Great Exhibition of 1851. Lucas attended Harrow school then Trinity College, Cambridge. An albumen print photograph of him in 1861, aged around 15, is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery (NPG Ax52231) and is viewable online here. He joined the Cambridge University Rifles as an Ensign in 1866. The Cambridge University Rifles claimed its founding in 1803 from a corps of undergraduate volunteers formed in response to the threat of French invasion. It was formally raised in 1860, however, as the 3rd Cambridgeshire (Cambridge University) Rifle Volunteer Corps, with the Prince of Wales as honorary Colonel. It was very popular among the student body and as might be expected, it had a rivalry with the 1st Oxfordshire (Oxford University) Rifle Volunteer Corps, particularly in shooting competitions. Lucas would have purchased his own sword as part of his new Rifles uniform and one can see the pride taken in his membership: this is a particularly fine example of a Rifles sword with detailed working on the hilt and custom etching including the badge of the university that he would have had to commission from a sword manufacturer like Thurkle, not merely buy off the shelf from a military outfitters. Lucas&#acute;s military career appears to have gone no further than his college days, and what he did in general for some years after graduation is unclear. After Pandia Ralli died in 1865 Lucas&#acute;s brother John and cousin Stephen, both of them Pandia&#acute;s proteges in different arms of the business, reorganised the family firm into a new Ralli Brothers Ltd. John, who was 11 years Lucas&#acute;s senior, died in 1879 and Lucas joined the partnership afterward to take his older brother&#acute;s place. He retired in 1892 but returned to the firm again in 1902 when Stephen died, passing control of Ralli Brothers entirely to Lucas. Lucas ran the company well through difficult times, axing their struggling American cotton business and securing the entire British government contract for jute sandbags on the outbreak of WW1. He was created a baronet in 1912, the family&#acute;s generations of business success finally securing a place among British nobility. The stock market crash of 1929 and subsequent Great Depression forced him to close down operations in India. He married Eugenia ’Janie&#acute; Argenti, a daughter of another prominent Chiot merchant family in London, with whom he had five children. Lucas&#acute;s younger son Leonidas died of an illness in Monaco in 1917 while on service with the Royal Army Service Corps, at the rank of Captain. His elder son Eustratius &#acute;Strati&#acute; Ralli served with the Middlesex Imperial Yeomanry in the Boer War, and with the Royal Field Artillery in WW1, reaching the rank of Captain. He earned the Military Cross in 1918 for gallantry: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when in charge of a party delivering ammunition. One man was killed and five wounded, and but for his efficient control the casualties would have been greater. When, two men were reported missing he remained behind for six hours searching for them, eventually tracing them to a dressing station. Lucas died in 1931 in a Swiss nursing home, leaving an estate valued at Â£2,290,447, which would be more than Â£135 million today. He is buried at the Greek Orthodox Cemetery at West Norwood, London, which his uncle Pandia had helped establish in 1842. His son Strati took over operation of Ralli Brothers and inherited the baronetcy. His direct descendant Sir David Charles Ralli is the current 4th Baronet. The blade is bright with a mirror polish, its etching is crisp and bright with mild contrast between the reflective designs and matt background, most notable in the initialled cartouche. A few spots of patination mainly along the edges but a few slightly impacting the etching, as well as two small areas of cleaned pitting which impact the maker&#acute;s mark on one side and some foliage on the other. Its edge is unsharpened and tip undamaged. The backstrap, pommel, quillon, one side of the ferrule and top side of the guard are patinated while much of the bars and knucklebow are bright with spots of patination. The shagreen of the grip is all intact with light handling wear, the wire binding is all present and tight with fractional movement to one loop nearest the ferrule. The steel scabbard is likewise highly polished, it is free of dents although there is a fair amount of frosting and speckled light patination, a few very small spots of cleaned pitting.

Nation : British
Local Price : £645.00

Victorian & WW1 Era British Robert Mole & Sons Birmingham 1895 / 97 Pattern Infantry Officer’s Sword With Etched Blade, Leather Covered Scabbard, Frog & WW1 Era Sam Browne Equipment Belt Rig With Cross Belts. Sn 22832 -. This is an excellent original, 1895 / 97 Pattern British Infantry Officer’s Sword set (see page 179 of World Swords by Withers). The Sword has a 32 ½” single edged blade with fuller (39" overall). The blade is clean with etched and blued panels and Queen’s Crown VR (Victoria Regina) to both sides. The ricasso is marked by the manufacturer ’Robt Mole & Sons Makers Birmingham’. The reverse has the ordnance acceptance star and inlaid proof roundel. The hilt is fitted with its original leather washer. It has an ornate voided bowl guard with stylised Victorian Royal Cypher ‘VR’ (Victoria Regina) and Queen’s Crown. It has an undamaged wire bound fish skin grip together with stepped steel pommel with ball top. It is complete with its brown leather covered wood scabbard which has a German Silver throat mount & chape. The scabbard is fitted with an original brown leather frog with straps, brass stud and buckles attached to a WW1 era Officer’s Sam Browne equipment belt rig. The belt has all brass buckles and fittings including shoulder cross straps. The buckles, leather & stitching of all components of the rig are clean & intact. The belt is 49 12” length and 2 ¼” wide. It is adjustable from approx UK size 31" to 37" waist. There are no visible manufacturer, date or WD marks on the rig. The price for this Victorian and WW1 era Officer’s Sword with scabbard, frog and Sam Browne rig includes UK delivery. Sn 22832

Nation : British
Local Price : £645.00

WW1 Era British WD 1897 Pattern Watson & Gillot Sheffield Infantry Officer’s Sword With King George V Guard, Etched Blade, Leather Officer’s Cord & Acorn Knot, Leather Covered Field Service Scabbard & Sam Browne Leather Frog. Sn 23484:84 -. This is an original British 1897 pattern Infantry Officer’s sword with Cord Acorn Knot scabbard and frog. These swords were a great improvement on previous patterns with better protection to the hand through its ¾ basket hilt (see page 179 of World Swords by Withers & pages 165-167 of Swords of the British Army by Robson). The sword has a 32 ½” long blade with partial fullers and measures 39” overall. The blade is clean. The ricasso has the makers name Watson & Gillot Sheffield together with heraldic Arms. The reverse has the correct ordnance acceptance proof star & original leather hilt washer. Both sides of the blade have foliate etched panels and heraldic arms together with King’s crown and royal cypher ‘GRV’ (King George V Rex). It has the full nickel plated 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 covered grip with wire binding in excellent condition. The hilt is fitted with Leather Officer’s Cord & Acorn Knot. It is complete with leather covered wood field service scabbard. The scabbard has a German silver throat mount & is fitted with Sam Browne Pattern leather frog that has 2 belt loops and buckles. All leather & stitching are clean and intact. The price for this nice complete WW1 era sword set includes UK delivery. Sn 23484:84

Nation : German
Local Price : £645.00

1860-1864 Italian Model 1860 Heavy Cavalry Trooper’s Sword With Blade By ‘S&K’ (Schnitzler & Kirschbaum, Solingen, Germany) & Scabbard. Sn 22645:6 -. An original Italian Model 1860 heavy cavalry troopers sword made circa 1860 -1864, with blade by German maker S&K (Schnitzler & Kirschbaum, Solingen, according to Bezdek’s German Swords and Sword Makers, this firm was active between 1811 and 1864). Withers in his book World swords (page 121), states that German sword makers produced large quantities of swords for export to both European & American markets during the mid-19th century including both Union & Confederate forces during the American Civil War, many of these swords were not marked with German identification marks, signifying Germany’s reluctance to identify or align themselves with any particular combatant allowing them to sell to both warring Governments. Our example of the Model 1860 is in excellent condition. It has a 35 ¼” long, curved, fullered steel blade which has just light staining consistent with age. It measures 41 ¼” overall length. One side of the ricasso is marked ‘S&K’ which is the manufacturer mark of Schnitzler & Kirschbaum. The reverse has a small inspection mark (all illustrated). It has the correct voided steel bowl guard which is slotted for cord and stepped pommel cap. Its original leather covered grooved grip has some of its original wire binding which is intact and tight. It is complete with its original steel scabbard which has its original hanging rings and long shoe. The scabbard has even patina & no damage. Sn 22645:6

Nation : British
Local Price : £645.00

WW1 Era British WD 1897 Pattern Henry Wilkinson London Infantry Officer’s Sword With King George V Guard, Blade Number 45075, Leather Officer’s Cord & Acorn Knot Leather Covered Field Service Scabbard & Sam Browne Leather Frog. Sn 23174:28 -. This is an original British 1897 pattern Infantry Officer’s sword with Cord Acorn Knot scabbard and frog. These swords were a great improvement on previous patterns with better protection to the hand through its ¾ basket hilt (see page 179 of World Swords by Withers & pages 165-167 of Swords of the British Army by Robson). The sword has a 32 ½” long blade with partial fullers and measures 39” overall. The blade has small areas of staining consistent with age and use. The ricasso has the makers name in etched and blued panel ‘Henry Wilkinson Pall Mall London’ with heraldic Arms and Warranted banner. The reverse has the correct ordnance acceptance proof star and inlaid brass proof roundel & original leather hilt washer. The spine of the blade is numbered 45075. It has the 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 covered grip with wire binding in excellent condition. The hilt is fitted with Leather Officer’s Cord & Acorn Knot. It is complete with leather covered wood field service scabbard. The scabbard has a German silver throat mount & is fitted with Sam Browne Pattern leather frog that has 2 belt loops and buckles. All leather & stitching are clean and intact. The price for this nice complete WW1 era sword set includes UK delivery. Sn 23174:28

Nation : British
Local Price : £645.00

British WD 1885 Pattern Cavalry Troopers Sword By Mole (Birmingham) & WD Scabbard Both With Various Regiment Marks (Some Struck Out) Sn 23174:44 -. These swords were designed during the period when the British army was continuing to argue on the merits of the ‘cut’ versus the ‘thrust’ of British cavalry blades. The hilt design was first introduced for the 1864 pattern, this was primarily a new hilt mated with the existing 1853 pattern blade. The Maltese Cross motif cut into the knuckle guard is a distinctive feature of these swords. British manufacturer’s struggled to keep pace with the demand for these swords and many were produced with German made blades (see page 101 of World Swords by Withers). This is an excellent original British made, 1885 Pattern British Cavalry Troopers Sword with Scabbard. The Sword’s fullered 34 ½” blade has just light staining consistent with age. It measures 39 ¾” overall length. The grip strap has ordnance inspection marks and the spine, inspection marks and maker mark ‘Mole’ (Birmingham). The ricasso has WD inspection marks and WD inspection marks. The knuckle guard has the correct pierced Maltese cross motif. The guard is marked by the British maker ‘Mole’ (Birmingham). The guard has Regiment marks (some struck out, all illustarted). It has the correct boiled leather chequered scales secured by the correct 5 rivets. The edges of the grips have some age and service related nibbles but are totally secure. It is complete with its steel scabbard which has 2 fixed hanging rings. The scabbard has WD with arrow mark & Regiment marks , some struck out (all illustrated). The scabbard has even patina. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23174:44

Nation : British
Local Price : £645.00

**ATTRIBUTED**WW1 British George V Royal Engineers Officer’s 1897 Pattern with Etched Blade Inscribed ‘HCW N Coy CLPR Aug 1914 To June 1917’ Blade No. 02551 Field Service Scabbard & Frog. Sn 19845. -. This is an excellent WW1 dated 1897 pattern Infantry Officer’s sword with etched blade. It has a clean 32 ½” long blade with partial fullers. The blade is etched on both sides. Both sides have decorative foliate panels. One side has Kings crown Royal Cypher ‘GR V’ (George V Rex), Kings crown & heraldic arms. The reverse has blued and etched panel ‘HCW N Coy CLPR Aug 1914 To June 1917’ and has the ordnance acceptance star with roundel. The spine of the blade is numbered ’02551’. It has a full 1897 Pattern knuckle guard with King George V Crown & Royal Cypher. It has a curved stepped pommel with ball end and knurled back strap for grip, fish skin grip with wire binding in superb condition. There are no visible maker marks on the sword. It is complete with leather covered wood field service scabbard with German silver throat mount. The scabbard is fitted with leather frog that has 2 belt loops and brass buckles. All leather and stitching are clean and intact. The price for this sword worthy of further research includes UK delivery. Sn 19845.

Nation : Russian
Local Price : £645

Click and use the code >26179 to search for this item on the dealer website Good Imperial German Artillery Officer´s Sabre With Deluxe Lion Head Pommel Hilt, Lioness Quillon End and Embossed Oak Leaf & Acorn Pattern Design Throughout With Crossed Cannon Quillon.