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Nation : British
Local Price : £595.00

British Maltese Cross Cavalry Troopers Sword. British Cavalry Troopers Sword regulation sword with Maltese cross hilt and leather slab grips. The blade slightly curved with various date issue stamps for 1891 “ 91 “ 93 “ 94 plus a number of inspection stamps. The hilt is unit marked 4th hussars and then reissued to the Yeomanry. Complete with steel scabbard with two fixed rings and marked Moles Patent again with various WD and issue marks. Overall length 40 inch the blade 34.25 inch

Nation : German
Local Price : £595.00

WW1 1916 Imperial German Mannschaften (other ranks) Field Artillery Sword By Weyersberg Kirschbaum & Cie (WKC) Solingen & Scabbard. Sn 22954 -. All Mannschaften (other ranks) of the Imperial German Field Artillery carried these sabres (see page 199 of World Swords by Withers where similar swords are illustrated). The sabres were carried in a sword belt when dismounted or hung from a saddle when mounted. This WW1 dated other ranks Field Artillery sabre is in good condition. It has a nickel plated curved 29 ¾” sabre blade with fullers and measures 35 ½” overall length. The spine of the blade has Imperial inspection mark and ‘16’ 1916 date. One side of the blade under a langet has partially visible manufacturer detail Weyersberg Kirschbaum & Cie Solingen. The blade has no damage but has lost some of its original nickel plate finish in areas. It has the correct ribbed grip and flat curved knuckle bow guard. The sword has its original steel scabbard with 2 hanging rings. The scabbard has a small dent near to the shoe consistent with service carry. The hilt of the sword and scabbard have even aged patina. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 22954

Nation : British
Local Price : £595.00

Victorian British Dockyard Or River Police Brass Hilt Sword / Hanger Sidearm & Scabbard. ED 3027 -. This is a nice original Victorian British Police Brass Hilt Sword / Hanger Sidearm & Scabbard as carried by Naval Dockyard Or River Police. It has a clean, fullered 24” steel blade & is 29 ½” overall length. The blade has its original leather hilt washer. There are no dates, maker or inspection marks on this sword. The brass hilt with bar guard and stepped pommel is in excellent order. The ribbed fish skin grip is clean & undamaged. The push button scabbard retaining clip functions as it should. The original leather scabbard has brass mounts. The brass throat mount has a frog locket and it has an external brass chape. All leather & stitching of the scabbard are clean & intact. The price includes UK delivery. ED 3027 (sword bucket armoury)

Nation : Swedish
Local Price : £595.00

Swedish M1893 Cavalry Sword. Swedish M1893 Cavalry Sword 37 1/2 inch, double edged blade with central fuller. The forte marked E Svalling. Eskilstuna and regimental stamps. Brass guard with pierced hole edge. Brass backstrap, leather covered ribbed grip. Contained in its steel scabbard with regimental stamps.

Nation : -
Local Price : 835.00 USD

US M.1832 GENERAL AND STAFF OFFICER’S SWORD. The American Sword, Peterson #113. Bronze hilt with straight cross guard, thickened edge boat form shell guard and two piece globular pommel. Interesting fine copper wire on cored wrapped grip. Original to it and rarely seen type. Scattered tiny wire breaks as expected. 27 3/4” straight broad fullered double edged blade. Blade quite crisp with isolated islands pitting. Hilt very good with expected wear from use and good patina. Virtually all of these were made in Germany and as with all officer's swords, variants were produced, some to order and others by caprice, as the specifications were general and officers purchased their own swords. Peterson notes variations to this pattern in The American Sword. All examples are very rarely encountered.

Nation : British
Local Price : £585.00

Victorian Renfrewshire Artillery Officer’s Sword. Victorian Renfrewshire Artillery Officer’s Sword. Regulation three bar hilt with step pomme, fish skin grip and sword knot. The blade single edged retailed by Finlay and Co Greenock, engraved with V R and crown to one side the reverse with cannon and Renfrewshire Artillery. Complete with steel scabbard with two loose rings age wear to sword

Nation : British
Local Price : £585.00

British Royal Naval 1875 Pattern Cutlass. British Royal Naval 1875 Cutlass regulation pattern with broad blade straight with large fuller, single edged becoming spear point at the tip. Sheet steel bowl hilt with ribbed cast iron grip with brass plaque stamped No 62. Various markings including small broad arrow and I think what is know as an out of service mark two arrows pointing at each other, overall length 34.5 inch blade 29.25 inch

Nation : British
Local Price : £585.00

British 1908 Pattern Cavalry Trooper&#acute;s Sword of the Inns of Court Regiment &156;The Devil&#acute;s Own&157;. Description Straight single-fullered blade with spear point, steel basket hilt. Brown leather washer, chequered plastic grip. Smooth oval steel pommel. Steel scabbard with fixed opposed hanging rings. Blade 34Â¾ inches in length past the washer, the sword 42Â½ inches overall. The blade is stamped at the ricasso on one side with a broad arrow War Department stores mark, &#acute;EFD&#acute; indicating that it was manufactured by the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield, a crown inspection mark with &#acute;E&#acute; for Enfield and an &#acute;X&#acute; indicating that the blade passed a manufacturer&#acute;s bending test. It is stamped on the other side with the manufacture date &#acute;12 15&#acute; for December 1915, a reissue stamp &#acute;38 for 1938, and three further crown inspection marks with &#acute;E&#acute;. The spine of the blade is stamped &#acute;P 08&#acute; indicating the pattern. The inside of the guard is stamped with &#acute;T&#acute; over &#acute;INN. CT.&#acute; over &#acute;209&#acute;. This indicates that it was weapon number 209 issued to the Inns of Court Regiment, a regiment in the Territorial Force. The throat piece of the scabbard is identically stamped on one side with the same unit, indicating sword and scabbard are an original pair. The spine side of the throat piece is stamped with a broad arrow, an indistinct mark and the date &#acute;15 indicating that it was also manufactured in 1915. The spine of the main section of the scabbard is stamped with I* (an Indian stores mark), another broad arrow, the manufacturer&#acute;s mark &#acute;EFD&#acute;, the manufacture date &#acute;16, two more crown inspection marks with &#acute;E&#acute;, and a faint reissue stamp &#acute;38. The four Inns of Court are ancient institutions and their involvement with the military dates back at least to 1584, when lawyers pledged to join the Trained Bands (an early militia force descended from and still mostly modelled on the Anglo-Saxon fyrd system) and defend Queen Elizabeth from the threat of Spain, which culminated in the attack of the Spanish Armada in 1588. The lawyers mobilized temporary regiments for many similar occasions due to conflict or civil disorder, including the Civil War, Jacobite Rebellion, Gordon Riots and Napoleonic Wars. During the last of these the Law Association Volunteers, a unit recruited from and funded by the Inner Temple, Middle Temple and Lincoln&#acute;s Inn, drilled before King George III at a royal review in Hyde Park in 1803. Impressed with their bearing and in high spirits, the king enquired who the men were. &156;They are all lawyers, sire&157; responded Lord David Erskine, their commander (himself of Lincoln&#acute;s Inn). &156;What, what?&157; exclaimed the king. &156;All lawyers, all lawyers? Call them the Devil&#acute;s Own, call them the Devil’s Own!&157; In 1859 fear of another invasion produced a nationwide &#acute;Volunteer Movement&#acute; of newly established rifle corps. The Inns of Court revived their volunteering tradition with the establishment of the 23rd Middlesex (Inns of Court) Rifle Volunteer Corps. King George&#acute;s nickname stuck and despite the passage of years the unit held on to the unofficial title of &#acute;The Devil&#acute;s Own&#acute;. Unlike previous units this battalion of part-time volunteers did not disband when tensions cooled: one recruit, L.D. Powles, who joined in the early 1860s, recalled that the unit was popular: &156;¦pretty nearly all the able-bodied men at the bar enlisted, and every afternoon Queen&#acute;s Counsel and others in large practise and well advanced in middle life were to be seen drilling in Lincoln&#acute;s Inn or Temple Gardens.&157; In 1881 it was attached to the Rifle Brigade as their 2nd Volunteer Battalion. Its first detachment of mounted infantry was formed in 1888. It was reduced in size and attached to the 4th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers in 1891, and made its first combat deployment in 1899 when it contributed 30 mounted infantry and 10 cyclists to the City Imperial Volunteers for service in the Boer War. It was reorganized as a full battalion again in 1908 as part of the new Territorial Force. It was initially to be the 27th Battalion of the London Regiment, but the lawyers complained that in light of their long history they should have received a lower number. The unit was permitted to retain its traditional title and soon after in 1909 became an independent officer training regiment, the Inns of Court Officers’ Training Corps (I.C.O.T.C.). This was composed of three companies of infantry and for the first time a squadron of cavalry, converted from the previous company of mounted infantry. One of the key distinctions between the two was that mounted infantry did not carry swords, but cavalry did “ however the regimental history suggests that at the outbreak of WW1 the regiment did not actually retain its own horses, probably due to lack of stable facilities “ for riding training the squadron used a riding school on Wimbledon Common and the Worcester Park Polo Ground. Nor, apparently, did it have swords in store. During WW1 the regiment expanded rapidly, establishing a camp at Berkhamsted in September 1914 for lack of space in London. Its cavalry squadron remained separate with the job of training up officers for the necessary skills for cavalry regiments. They got to work converting a disused brewery in Berkhamsted into a stables and housing block, although their horses did not arrive until October and the regimental history suggests that they were not delivered of swords and saddlery until later that winter. Groups of recruits for the cavalry squadron would be sent from the regiment&#acute;s depot at Stone Buildings when there was space and trained in the surrounding countryside. As the war progressed fighting became more static and many cavalry units were dismounted, leading to diminished need for cavalry-trained officers. The cavalry squadron was moved to Maresfield Park in Sussex and attached to the 13th Reserve Regiment of Cavalry in December 1916, then to Tidworth in February 1917 when the 13th was merged into the 5th RRC, allowing it to train on Salisbury Plain for the remainder of the war. More than 1,100 officer trainees passed through the cavalry squadron during the war, the ICOTC as a whole training more than 11,000. The last men were demobilized from the cavalry squadron in January 1919, and the regiment was reformed in 1920 with two companies of infantry and one squadron of cavalry. This sword must have been issued to the cavalry squadron at some point after its production in 1915. Whether it was one of the swords used for training during the war or was issued to the regiment later is difficult to say, although it was certainly in use in the year 1938 as indicated by its reissue stamps (these usually indicate some form of inspection, refurbishment or modification took place). The Corps became the Inns of Court Regiment in 1932. Its infantry companies were converted to light tank units in 1937 and the cavalry squadron was disbanded in 1940 leaving the regiment a fully armoured unit with no further use for swords. It fought in WW2 as an armoured car unit with the 9th and later 11th Armoured Divisions. It absorbed the single remaining squadron of the Northamptonshire Yeomanry in 1956. It was amalgamated with The City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) in 1961 to form the Inns of Court & City Yeomanry. The IC&CY was broken into parts in 1968: some of its personnel transferred to the Royal Signals, forming 68 (Inns of Court and City Yeomanry) Signal Squadron, and its regimental band transferred to the new Royal Yeomanry Regiment, while retaining its historic link and title from the IC&CY. The old unit itself was not actually disbanded but reduced to a cadre and used as the basis for a squadron of the Home Service Force “ these were home defence units which recruited from retired volunteers with previous military service in any branch of the Armed Forces, a sort of updated Home Guard intended to guard key strategic points in the event of an attack on the UK. The Home Service Force was disbanded after the 1994 Defence Review. The present-day descendants of the Inns of Court Regiment are therefore 68 (Inns of Court & City Yeomanry) Signal Squadron, and the band of the Royal Yeomanry. The blade is excellent, bright and clean with no edge damage, slight chipping to the tip, and only a couple of small patches of light patination. It has probably been preserved by the good seal between the washer and scabbard, note the bright steel on the inside of the scabbard mouthpiece. All of the exposed metal parts (the scabbard, guard, ferrule and pommel) by contrast have a mottled dark patina. A couple of scratches to the outside of the guard. The plastic grips have some surface-level cracking along the backstrap area but remain solid in the hand. The scabbard has a few light scratches and a number of light dents to the edges of its lower section, consistent with knocking against objects while carried. These do not interfere with sheathing and drawing.

Nation : British
Local Price : £580.00

British 1796 Pattern Light Cavalry Trooper&#acute;s Sword by Woolley & Co. Description Curved single-edged blade with fuller and hatchet point. Leather washer, iron stirrup P-shaped hilt with forward curving quillon, semicircular langets, iron backstrap and pommel cap. Ribbed wooden grip covered with pressed black leather. Plain steel scabbard with two bands and hanging rings. Blade 32 5/8 inches (82.9cm) in length past the washer, the sword 37Â½ inches (95.4cm) overall. The spine of the blade is stamped with the maker&#acute;s mark &#acute;WOOLLEY & CO&#acute;, indicating the firm of James Woolley. There are also two balance points marked on the spine with lines and the letter &#acute;B&#acute; “ these indicate the points of balance of the bare blade and the fully hilted sword, and were part of the quality control process to check for errors in blade shape. The cutler James Woolley first established a business in Birmingham in 1785. In 1790 the business moved to Edmund Street and James entered into the first of many partnerships, with the cutler Thomas Deakin. Deakin was very much a junior partner and some if not all blades continued to be marked with just Wooley&#acute;s name or &#acute;Woolley & Co.&#acute; for the next ten years “ &#acute;Woolley & Deakin&#acute; was eventually used but probably not until around 1800 when Deakin begins to be named in business directories. We can say therefore that this sword is probably an earlier example of its type, pre-1800. The blade has some speckled patination. Its edge has been sharpened and there are some small nicks to the upper half. Some scratching and small areas of light pitting toward the tip. The hilt, ferrule and backstrap were all originally painted black “ this paint has worn in a number of areas leaving only small fragments, but is completely intact on the outer face of the hilt. This may indicate the sword was used by yeomanry. Where the paint has worn the exposed iron has dark speckled patination. The leather of the grip has some cracking and losses exposing the cord binding in places and the wood core on one side next to the ferrule. There are a number of old woodworm holes. There is fractional movement to the ferrule but the grip is solidly peened with no rattling. The scabbard has heavy patination and pitting overall, but is free of dents. Designed by John Gaspard le Marchant, the 1796 Light Cavalry was the first British cavalry sword based not on tradition but on empirical analysis of what worked in combat. Le Marchant gained first-hand experience of cavalry fighting in the Flanders campaigns of 1793-95, and decided that other forces, particularly their Austrian allies, had superior equipment and training to the British: &156;I have been busily engaged in making drawings of all the articles in the military equipages of our Allies which differ from our own¦ I have also paid particular observation to the mode of training the Austrian cavalry to the use of the sabre, in which their superiority over us is incredible.&157; Swords in particular needed to change, existing types being in his view heavy and poorly balanced. For the heavy cavalry he recommended a near-copy of the Austrian Model 1775, while for the light cavalry, inspired by &156;the expertly used scimitar blades of the Turks, Mamelukes, Moors and Hungarians&157; Le Marchant argued for a lighter, shorter curved sword that could both cut and thrust. The design that emerged was in fact a pure cutting sword, very broad bladed, more strongly curved and with a simpler profile than its predecessor the 1788. In service the 1796 sowed fear, as an officer of the French Chasseurs recounted: Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â &156;Out of every twenty blows aimed by them, nineteen missed. If, however, the edge of the blade found its mark only once, it was a terrible blow, and it was not unusual to see an arm cut clean from the body.&157; Le Marchant died in battle leading cavalry at Salamanca in 1812, but his swords carried on his legacy, with the regular Army until 1821 and with yeomanry units for decades longer “ it was still in active use with yeomanry as of 1848, the 1821 Patterns seemingly not being introduced to many. The Prussian 1811 &#acute;Blucher&#acute; sabre was a very close replica, and in India in particular the blade was a natural fit with an existing tradition of slashing sword technique. Spare blades were much in demand by native horsemen, typically mounted into their familiar tulwar hilts, and swords produced for Indian cavalry units as late as the 1910s used a blade modelled on that of the 1796.

Nation : British
Local Price : £575.00

**MATCHING DATES**1896 Dated British WD 1856 Pattern Wilkinson London Pioneer’s Sawback Short Sword Sidearm With Brass Hilt & 1896 WD Scabbard. Sn 21062 -. This is an excellent 1856 Pattern British Pioneers Sawback Short Sword Sidearm. (see page 173 of Robson’s Swords of the British Army). It has a broad 22 ½” blade with deeply cut sawback (27 ½” overall). The blade has just light staining consistent with age. One side of the blade has crisp maker mark Wilkinson London together with ‘12 ’96 date (December 1896). The blade also has crisp British WD ordnance inspection marks. It has a heavy ribbed Brass handle with full knuckle bow, slotted for lanyard. The sidearm is complete with original leather scabbard with brass mounts. The leather of the scabbard is clean and intact and has WD arrow, inspection marks and matching ’96 (1896 date). The price includes UK delivery. Sn 21062

Nation : British
Local Price : £575.00

British 1888 Pattern Mk I Rare First Type Bayonet. Description Unfullered spear pointed blade, wood scale grips with three brass rivets, one large and two small, and clearance hole. Steel pommel and hilt with short quillon and muzzle ring. Black leather 1903 Pattern Naval Mk III scabbard with steel throat piece, integral black leather frog stapled to the throat piece, internal steel chape piece with exposed oval &#acute;button&#acute; tip. The blade is stamped on one side of the ricasso with a broad arrow with &#acute;WD&#acute;, meaning War Department property, an &#acute;X&#acute; which indicates that the blade passed a manufacturer&#acute;s bending test, and two R&#acute;s back to back, a mark meaning the bayonet was later deemed unfit for service. The spine of the blade has two crown inspection marks with &#acute;E&#acute; for Enfield, and the exposed tang has a &#acute;P&#acute; mark. One would expect markings on the other side of the ricasso, and there are some fragmentary marks to suggest these were once present but they appear to have been previously polished off. The scabbard leather is stamped next to the seam with &#acute;EFD&#acute;, meaning manufactured at the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield, another broad arrow War Department mark, a crown acceptance stamp with &#acute;E&#acute;, the date &#acute;05, meaning it was manufactured in 1905, and an &#acute;N&#acute; indicating Royal Navy ownership. On the opposite side of the seam it is stamped with &#acute;7&#acute;. The throat piece of the scabbard is stamped next to the mouth on one side with the serial number &#acute;120&#acute; and the number &#acute;8&#acute;. The First Type was the initial design of the Mk 1 1888 Pattern bayonet, manufactured by Enfield from late 1889 to fit the Lee Metford rifle. The three rivets were found to not secure the grips very well, and made the grips more likely to split. The manufacturer Wilkinson proposed changes in December 1889 which were approved in February 1890. This new second type was still officially described as the Mk 1, but had two rivets to the grip instead of three. Because it was produced for less than a year the three-rivet first type is much rarer, around 25,000 being produced compared to more than 600,000 of the second type. The scabbard it has been paired with is a later piece, one of several designed for the new 1903 Pattern bayonet. During 1905 Enfield was producing the new pattern and factory records indicate they also converted 3,000 1888 Pattern scabbards in stock to the new specification. The scabbard cannot therefore be the original but is not necessarily incorrect, as since the 1888 and 1903 Pattern bayonets shared the same blade their scabbards were fully interchangeable and permitted with each other in service: if this bayonet remained in use for some years, perhaps with the Royal Navy, it might have been given its current scabbard as a replacement for its original one. The blade has a somewhat dulled finish, old polishing marks and a few spots of patination towards the tip. No nicks to its edge, the tip rounded by approx. 1mm. The wood grips have some handling wear leaving the brass rivets as high points. Some short hairline cracks to the wood next to two of the rivets on one side, difficult to see and not threatening to its integrity. The hilt, exposed tang and pommel are moderately patinated. The leather scabbard body has surface abrasion giving it a rough texture but is strong with no losses to its stitching. Rust pitting to the exposed chape button, the visible section of the throat piece has only light patination. Some surface rubbing to the belt frog. Some stitching has been lost on the frog&#acute;s belt loop, but not enough to affect its integrity. A small, suspiciously rectangular patch of surface loss is visible to the reverse of the frog loop where I think a previous owner must have unwisely affixed an adhesive label. Please do not affix adhesive labels to antique leather “ or to most antique surfaces, really.

Nation : Russian
Local Price : £575.00

Dated 1855 Regiment Marked Prussian M1852 Infantry Sidearm ‘Faschinenmesser’ Short Sword and Scabbard by Maker Schitzler & Kirschbaum. 21384. -. This Prussian M1852 Infantry Sidearm has a straight, unfullered single-edged 18 ½ inch blade which is double-edged towards the tip an S-shaped brass cross hilt, brass grip which is smooth on the inner side (which sits against the uniform) and ribbed on the outer side. It comes with its original black leather scabbard with brass throat, frog stud and chape. It has regimental markings to both the hilt of the blade and the throat piece of the scabbard; S.A. 3. with FW 54 under crown’ and SAA 18-mark currently unknown and inspection stamps to the scabbard. Maker’s mark to the blade is Schnitzler and Kirschbaum (S&K) of Germany. The spine is stamped; Crown over FW over 55 over 3 (1855 date of manufacture). The blade is in excellent shape with minor age related staining. The scabbard is in good order, the metalwork has slight movement but is intact. The leather has a nice patina and the stitching is intact *2 small holes 1/3rd from the top at the rear*. Please see images for regimental marks and inspection stamps. The price for this very good pair includes UK delivery. 21384. (Bucket)

Nation : French
Local Price : £575.00

C1800 Imperial French Infantry Guard Officer’s Sword. ED 2340 -. This is an original C1800 Imperial French Infantry Guard Officer’s Sword (see page 187 of Wither’s book ‘World Swords’). It has a wire bound hilt, brass guard and knuckle bow. It also has a Guard’s helm shaped pommel. The bullion wire binding is all present but has unwound a little in the centre section which can be seen in the images. The fullered 32 ½” blade is straight and undamaged and has just light staining consistent with age. There are no manufacturer or date marks. The sword measures 39 ¼” overall. As is common our example is without scabbard. The price includes UK delivery. ED 2340.

Nation : British
Local Price : £575

Click and use the code >22553 to search for this item on the dealer website 18th Century English Small Sword Circa 1760

Nation : British
Local Price : £575.00

Victorian British Mameluke Pattern 1831 Officer’s Sword With Ornate Brass Hilt Frame, Polished Bone Scales & Scabbard. Sn 23057 -. The introduction of the 1831 pattern sword followed a vogue for mameluke style swords during the 1800’s (see page 176 of World Swords by Withers and page 206 of Swords of the British Army by Robson). This is an original Victorian era British Mameluke Pattern 1831 Officer’s Sword. The blade has no maker or date marks. The sword has an undamaged 29 ½” blade (35” overall). The hilt has polished bone scales and ornate gilded brass fittings including cross guard with finials, central wreathed crossed arms, rose bosses, pommel hole mounts and grip strap. The sword has its original brass scabbard with 2 hanging rings. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23057

Nation : French
Local Price : £575.00

French 1845 / 1855 Pattern Infantry Officer’s Sword With Officer’s Sword Tassel Cord & Scabbard. ED 3024 -. The French Infantry Officer’s Pattern 1845 / 55 sword was the standard Infantry Officer’s sword from the 1840’s through to the 1900’s. These swords had a great influence on the sword designs of other nations, most notably the USA where the US Model 1850 Staff & Field Officer’s sword and Model 1852 Naval officer’s sword are almost identical copies (see pages 191 & 193 of World Swords by Withers). Our example is in excellent condition. It has a clean, 30 ¼” long, single edged blade with fullers (36 ¼” overall). There are no visible maker or date marks on this sword. The blade is fitted with original hilt washer. The brass guard has pierced foliate decoration. It has brass stepped rounded pommel with a banner of foliate decoration. Its grooved wire bound polished walnut hilt is undamaged and all wire tight and intact. The hilt is fitted with original period Officer’s tasselled cord. The sword is complete with its original brass mounted leather scabbard. The scabbard has even patina and 2 original hanging rings. All leather and stitching are clean and intact. The price includes UK delivery. ED 3024

Nation : British
Local Price : £575.00

**MATCHING DATES**WW1 1915 British WD ‘SB&N Ld’ (Sanderson Bros & Newbold Limited) 1908 Pattern Heavy Cavalry Troopers Sword & 1915 Dated WD Enfield Scabbard. Sn 22553:7 -. This is an original British 1908 Pattern Heavy Cavalry Troopers sword & scabbard with matching WW1 dates. It has an undamaged 35 ½” single edged blade with fullers (43" overall). The ricasso is date marked ’6/15’ (June 1915) and fitted with original leather hilt washer. It also has WD arrow & SB&N Ld manufacturer mark which is "Sanderson Bros & Newbold". The spine has ‘08’ (pattern). The bowl guard has no visible Regiment or date marks. It has a clean undamaged chequered hilt with correct thumb recess to strengthen grip. It is complete with its original steel scabbard with fixed hanging rings. The scabbard has matching ’15 (1915) date together with Enfield’s ‘EFD’ mark and WD inspection marks. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 22553:7

Nation : -
Local Price : 7,000 kr

Militär flintlåspistol ca:1760-70.

Nation : -
Local Price : 7,000 kr

Sv-Norsk bajonett för Norska polistrupperna m/44.

Nation : -
Local Price : 6,950 kr

Fransk / Svensk sabel m/1803-1814.

Nation : French
Local Price : £550.00

French Infantry officers sword Marked with fleur-de-lis. An excellent infantry sword marked on the guard with the fleur de lisin its original scabbardThis is a M1816 epee de la Garde nationale a piedAn excellent sword

Nation : British
Local Price : £550.00

Victorian Welsh 6th Denbighshire Rifle Volunteers Officer&#acute;s Sword. A good and rare example of the Light Infantry regulation pattern. The slightly curved single edged blade is etched with a crowned VR cypher and title &156;6th Denbigh Rifle Vols&157;. Also etched with the original owners name of &156;ARTHUR W ADAMS&157;.The sword is in excellent condition with brigh crisp etching. Oddly the proof slug appears to have been stamped twice, something that I have not come across before. The balde is solid in the guard with no movement.Arthur Walter Adams, born in 1857 to Llewellyn Adams and Caroline L Adams in Ruthin Denbighshire. He was commissioned to Second Lieutenant (supernumerary) in the Volunteer Rifle regiment in June 1875, eventually resigning his commission in 9th June, 1880.On the forte it has the retailer&#acute;s details &156;Hobson & Sons St Martins Lane London&157; Originally based close to the Woolwich Barracks, Hobson was a Clothing and Regimental Regalia outfitter to officers. Quickly growing they established themselves as on of the top outfitters in London. The St Martins address dates the sword to around 1873-1877

Nation : British
Local Price : £550.00

British Indian Short Sabre, pre-1855. Description Slightly curved double-edged blade with spear point, no fuller or ricasso, both faces slightly convex for a lens-shaped cross-section. No leather washer, steel P-shaped hilt with faceted knucklebow including sword knot slit and comma-shaped quillon, wide semioval langets, steel ferrule, backstrap and integral pommel cap. Ribbed wooden grip covered with shagreen bound with wire, a section of black leather at the base. Black leather scabbard with steel throat and chape pieces, the throat piece with oval frog stud. Blade 26 inches in length, 33mm wide at the shoulder, the sword 30 7/8 inches overall. The blade is unmarked. The scabbard is stamped next to the seam with &#acute;BO&#acute;, the stamp of Board of Ordnance ownership, as well as a broad arrow with &#acute;I&#acute;, which is an Indian stores mark. The government markings on its scabbard suggest that this sword saw official service in India. This model of sword is not a standard Pattern with its design specified by the military: instead it was probably a commercial design purchased &#acute;off the shelf&#acute; from a private manufacturer. It has an unusual combination of an unfullered blade, which reminds me somewhat of the British circa 1845 &#acute;Dundas&#acute; artillery hangers: this blade is the exact same width, albeit 1Â½ inches shorter and unlike the Dundas it does not have a flat spine, instead having a false edge running all the way to the shoulder. This atypical blade is paired with a hilt and grip in the style of a Georgian sabre. Overall it seems to sit somewhere between simple British hangers and more elaborate sabres, similar in form to other sidearms produced for infantry and/or foot artillery in India like this piece also for sale here with a very similar blade. There exist numerous examples of both arms produced in India influenced by British designs, and arms produced in Britain specifically for the Indian market, and this could be either, although I would incline towards British production. The Board of Ordnance was constituted by Royal Warrant in 1673, continuing the work of the Office of Ordnance which had been in existence since at least the 1460s. It was responsible, broadly, for managing military installations and supplying equipment, weapons and ammunition for the Army and Navy, including the critical task of ensuring a national gunpowder supply. It founded and controlled the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers, and grew to become the second largest government department after the Treasury. In the Crimean War the British Army suffered from wide-ranging logistics failures, for which the Board of Ordnance was held partly responsible. Reform was demanded and in the process the Ordnance Board Transfer Act 1855 moved all previous responsibilities of the Board, including stores, into the War Department, and the marking of a broad arrow with &#acute;BO&#acute; was replaced with &#acute;WD&#acute; thereafter. While old stores would not have been remarked and the old version might have persisted for a while during the reorganisation, we can be reasonably sure that this sword&#acute;s production predates the demise of the Board of Ordnance. I would tentatively date this piece to the 1840s: compare this non-standard cutlass also for sale here, which is identically Board of Ordnance-marked for Indian service and has a very similar blade, with a rarely-seen manufacture date of 1844. The sword has signs of previous cleaning, with polishing marks on the blade and the scabbard fittings in particular polished bright (except in recesses like under the frog stud) and possibly restored “ I note that the portion of the grip nearest the pommel is covered with black leather rather than shagreen, which may be a replacement. The blade is unsharpened with no edge damage, light speckled patination overall and some light scratching towards the tip, and the previously mentioned polishing marks. The hilt and backstrap have some very light cleaned peppered pitting and spots of patination in places, the ferrule has only some tiny spots of light patination. The grip is solidly peened, there is some fractional movement to the hilt and some slight sideways movement to the ferrule. The shagreen of the grip has some moderate handling wear, small areas worn smooth and some small patches lost to expose the wood core: next to the ferrule on one side, and in the recesses near the pommel end on the other side. The scabbard fittings are bright with polishing marks, some small spots of dark patination. The scabbard leather is very good for an Indian piece of its age (heat, humidity and sometimes poor storage being the issues), it is strong and capable of supporting itself even with the blade withdrawn, with only light abrasion and a few shallow dents to its surface, all of its stitching is intact.

Nation : British
Local Price : £550.00

British Circa 1790 Naval Officer’s Fighting Sword, Probably By Thurkle. 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Nation : British
Local Price : £550.00

British Metropolitan Police Sword of &#acute;Thames River Police&#acute; Type, Circa 1855. Description Curved spear pointed blade with false edge and single fuller running almost to the point. Brass D-shaped hilt with forward curving comma-shaped quillon, knucklebow and single side bar. Inset steel leaf spring locking mechanism with round brass button to actuate. Black leather washer, one-piece ribbed brass grip with simulated ferrule, backstrap and oval pommel cap. Scabbard of black leather over wood core with brass fittings at the throat and chape, both with incised lines, the throat piece with oval frog stud. Blade 26 7/8 inches in length past the washer, 1.23 inches wide at the shoulder, the sword 32Â¼ inches overall. The blade is stamped at the ricasso on one side next to the leaf spring with a crown inspection mark, suggesting government procurement. Short swords, similar to the earlier infantry hanger, were issued to British police and prison warders in the Victorian period. This particular model, scarcer than most, is usually referred to as the &#acute;Thames River Police&#acute; sword (or cutlass), although they were also standard issue for the Metropolitan Police. The Thames River Police was London&#acute;s first police force: formed in 1798 as the &#acute;Marine Police&#acute; with private funding from merchants, it became publicly funded under its new name with the passage of the Marine Police Bill in July 1800. It was armed from the start with pistols and swords, as there was considerable opposition to the mission of its 50 officers to prevent theft of river-borne cargo by the more than 33,000 dockworkers, not to mention organized gangs of river pirates. Inspired in large part by the TRP, the Metropolitan Police Service was founded in 1829 as London&#acute;s urban police force. It then absorbed the TRP in 1839 which became its &#acute;Thames Division&#acute;. This became the &#acute;Marine Support Unit&#acute; in 2001 and the &#acute;Marine Policing Unit&#acute; in 2008. It still polices the river to this day and is still headquartered at its original site, Wapping Police Station. Some have assumed that these swords were carried by the TRP from its inception, possibly designed just for them, and that the Metropolitan Police then adopted the design from them in 1829, but I am very sceptical that this design could date back to 1798 or even 1829. To me the style of these swords is definitely Victorian, sharing features with designs like the Army Hospital Corps orderly&#acute;s sword (introduced c1855-60) and Victorian coastguard swords. I have yet to see a sword of this type that does not include a sprung locking catch, a feature introduced to British police swords in around 1850 to prevent an officer&#acute;s sword being drawn by an assailant and used against him “ an early form of what is now called weapon retention. If this is the case then these swords may be misnamed, as the Thames River Police no longer existed under that name by the time they were issued. They were actually rolled out to the whole Metropolitan Police, including the by-then Thames Division, some time in the 1850s, and while some did reach those river policemen most would have been held by other London coppers. Two examples are at the National Maritime Museum: one (WPN1390) of unknown origin but long in their collection, bears an old tag reading ’Cutlass, Constable’s - Metropolitan Police Pattern 24.10.1871’. The other (WPN1391) was donated to the NMM by the Wapping Police Station Museum, which holds further examples in its collection of artefacts from the whole history of that unit. At the time of donation it &#acute;was described as a River Police cutlass&#acute; “ which might even be the point of origin of the whole confusion. The NMM for its part states that both swords were made in 1854-55, and that it is inaccurate to refer to them as cutlasses. The blade is bright with a quite high polish, some very light polishing marks and a few spots of light patination. A couple of tiny nicks to the edge, which is unsharpened, no tip damage. The brass parts of the hilt have an even light patina with a few scattered speckles of darker. A few small dents to the outside of the quillon and one to the corner of the blade just beneath the quillon. The locking mechanism functions and will retain the sword nicely in the scabbard, no issues with sheathing and drawing. The throat and chape pieces of the scabbard have moderate patination and light staining in places, with the frog stud brighter due to rubbing. A few very small dents to the chape piece. The stitching of the scabbard is all intact, some patches of loss to its leather towards the chape, exposing the wood core in places.

Nation : German
Local Price : £550.00

German Unaltered First Pattern S98/05 Sawback Bayonet. 1915. #2601001. Rare German WW1 first pattern S98/05a.A. m.S. Saw-back “Butcher’s Blade” Bayonet. The saw-back version was known as the S98/05 m.S. (mit Säge - with saw). Only 6% of S98/05 bayonets were made with the saw-back. This S98/05 m.S was made in 1915.From 1915 onwards, S98/05 bayonets were retro-fitted with a steel flash guard on the back of the hilt to protect the wooden grips. Bayonets were further modified by grinding off most of the vestigial muzzle ring. This bayonet was produced prior to these modifications. In 1917, Germany ceased production of the S98/05 saw-back variant and many saw toothed bayonets had the teeth ground off after allied propaganda led to the mistreatment of German soldiers who were captured with one. This bayonet escaped both the 1915 and 1917 recalls, increasing its rarity today.The 367mm blade is in excellent condition. The 29 pairs of saw teeth remain very sharp. The ricasso is stamped with the makers’ details, P. D. Luneschloss, Solingen. The spine carries the Royal Cypher of Kaiser Wilhelm II, King of Prussia above the date stamp ’15 (1915) and a crowned acceptance stamp.The hilt retains its original “high ears” and is without a flash guard.The steel of the hilt is bright and rust free with a pale speckled patina. The high-eared crosspiece is deeply stamped with 11/33, indicating that the bayonet was re-issued in 1933, probably to a member of the police or fire service as a dress bayonet. The steel bears numerous inspection stamps. The screws that hold the wooden scales in place are stamped on both sides, the front of the mortice slot is stamped and the pommel bears two stamps. The press-stud mechanism is also stamped and is in good working order.The wooden scales are held firmly in place and are in good condition with use related wear and marks.The bayonet is complete with its original first pattern steel mounted leather scabbard. The scabbard is in very good condition. The steel locket and chape bear inspection stamps. The steel furniture has a speckled patina that could be polished out if desired. The stitching of the leather is intact and tight. The bayonet sheathes and draws smoothly and is held firmly within the scabbard.This is a great example of a very rare German WW1 saw-back bayonet.

Nation : British
Local Price : £550.00

British WW1 1908 Pattern Cavalry Trooper&#acute;s Sword with Field Camouflage Paint, Dated 1916. Description Straight single-fullered blade with spear point, steel basket hilt. Brown leather washer, chequered brown plastic grip. Smooth oval steel pommel. Brown leather sword knot. Steel scabbard with fixed opposed hanging rings. Blade 34Â¾ inches in length past the washer, the sword 42Â½ inches overall. The blade is stamped at the ricasso on one side with a broad arrow War Department stores mark, &#acute;S.B & NLD&#acute; indicating that it was manufactured by Sanderson Brothers & Newbould, a crown inspection mark with &#acute;E&#acute; for Enfield and an &#acute;X&#acute; indicating that the blade passed a manufacturer&#acute;s bending test. It is stamped on the other side with the manufacture date &#acute;3 16&#acute; for March 1916, and two further crown inspection marks with &#acute;E&#acute;. The spine of the blade is stamped &#acute;P 08&#acute; indicating the pattern. The spine side of the throat piece is stamped with &#acute;WSC&#acute; indicating that it was manufactured by the Wilkinson Sword Company. There may be other stamps on the guard and scabbard, such as on the inside of the guard (there are some small protrusions on the outside that suggest there may be a unit mark) and the spine of the main section of the scabbard, but the multiple layers of paint applied to it have obscured these areas. The top layer in particular was applied thickly and will have pooled in depressions like stampings. Paint was often applied to cavalry trooper&#acute;s swords during the First World War as camouflage, and to reduce reflection off the polished metal which could give away a unit&#acute;s position. This was often removed after the conflict to return swords to parade condition, so examples with intact field paint are relatively rare and may show a fair amount of wear from their usage. Painting does not seem to have been done preemptively or according to a central plan “ rather it was done ad hoc by deployed soldiers themselves. The odds of a camouflaged sword having been carried on a campaign are therefore very high. Several colours of paint can be found, although only one seems to have been applied at a time, with no patterning. The colour chosen generally matches the terrain of the theatre in which a unit served but was probably also dependent on availability. This example appears to have originally been painted khaki which would be appropriate for an arid environment, which has then been overpainted with a very dark green suitable for a more temperate one. Some wear has occurred to the paint layers leaving a mottled appearance that shows both colours, as well as bare steel in places where the paint has been completely lost. Sanderson Brothers and Newbould was established in 1776 as Naylor and Sanderson, a steelmaker and cutlery manufacturer based in Sheffield. Naylor retired in the 1820s after which his business partners, the four brothers Sanderson, took over full control of the business. They operated multiple sites at Newhall Road and the Attercliffe Steelworks and in 1835 acquired the Don Glassworks to convert it to a steelworks, with 180 crucible furnaces on that site alone by 1872, then adding state of the art gas furnaces in 1873. Sanderson and Newbould described itself as &#acute;Manufacturers of steel saws, small tools, etc.&#acute; It does not appear to have made swords until around the time of the First World War, although it took War Office contracts to produce 1907 Pattern bayonets for the Lee Enfield at some point before 1911. During WW1 the bayonet manufacturing facilities at Enfield were moved to Sheffield and it is thought that they were reinstalled at one of Sanderson&#acute;s facilities, making it the second largest bayonet manufacturer after Wilkinson. Multiple different models of sword have been recorded with Sanderson&#acute;s mark, from standard issue cavalry trooper&#acute;s swords to officer&#acute;s swords that would have been sold individually “ but always WW1 era models. A number of manufacturers stepped in to produce swords during the war but Sanderson appears to have capable of doing so at some scale. After WW1 the firm returned to its usual business of steel, files and sawblades. After WW2 the famous &#acute;Stalingrad Sword&#acute; was rolled into shape there from Sanderson&#acute;s steel before being sent to Wilkinson Sword for finishing. The firm merged with fellow Sheffield steelmaker Kayser Ellison and Co Ltd in 1960 to form Sanderson Kayser, which ceased trading around 1997. The blade is excellent, retaining its bright finish with only tiny spots of light patination. Its edge has been sharpened with just one tiny nick near the end of the fuller, no tip damage beside some very light scratching near it. A tiny band of brown residue sits at the very base of the blade against the washer “ I am unsure if this is rust or some paint overspill. It seems to move quite readily to be rust, so I have opted to leave it alone. The aforementioned camouflage paint has been applied to the inside and outside of the guard, most of the washer and the exterior of the scabbard. The inside of the scabbard mouthpiece is unpainted - it has some patination and residue that may be spots of the khaki paint. Wherever the paint has completely worn away, e.g. the edges of the guard, the exposed steel has a dark patina and light speckled pitting, suggesting there has been no more recent loss of paint. A few specks of white paint to the outside of the guard, probably incidental. The pommel has lost almost all its paint, with moderate pitting and dark patination overall. The strap and acorn of the sword knot has been lost, leaving only a short surviving section tied onto the hilt. The metal beneath this is heavily patinated. The plastic grip has some deliberate scoring to the backstrap area. The plastic is very dry-feeling, a little faded in tone with some surface-level cracking (sun damage?), but is solid in the hand. Rust and some encrustation to the ferrule. The scabbard is free of dents. Like the guard it shows very dark black patination in areas where the paint has worn, including the faces of the throat piece, the fixed rings, the leading and trailing edges, particularly in the lower section, and the chape end.

Nation : -
Local Price : 6,900 kr

Ã–sterrikisk kavalleripistol m/1798 konverterad från flintlås.

Nation : -
Local Price : 775.00 USD

US M.1850 INFANTRY OFFICER’S SWORD. See The American Sword, Peterson #73. Brass hilt with good high relief, well chased foliage decoration. The guard in pierced floral motif. Wire wrapped sharkskin grip, complete and excellent. 30 1/4” broad and narrow fullered curved blade of fine fighting form, decorated in foliage and military motifs, half its length. Blade shows smooth gray patina. Brass mounted leather scabbard. The mounts original and the leather, old, but probably replaced. Tip mount lacking.

Nation : British
Local Price : £545.00

*MOVIE INDUSTRY CONNECTIONS*Original George V Joseph Ridge & Co Sheffield 1897 Pattern Infantry Officer’s Sword with Etched Blade Used as A Film Prop in The Film Innocent & Presented to Andrew Hawley on His 1st Film from The Director John Mackenzie 1. This is an original 1897 British Infantry officer’s sword. 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” single edged blade with partial fullers. The ricasso is signed by the British manufacturer ‘Joseph Ridge & Co Sheffield’. The reverse has the ordnance acceptance ‘proof’ star and inlaid roundel. Both sides of the blade have etched panels featuring foliate devices, the King’s Crown & Royal Cypher ‘GRV’ (George Fifth Rex). It has the correct ¾ bowl guard voided with foliate design and ‘King’s Crown GRV’. The guard has much of its original nickel plating & has an etched plaque ‘To Andrew a memento of his first film from John Mackenzie September 1984’ (Provenance: Purchased in 1984 by Tempest films from Alan Beadle Antique Arms to be used as a film prop by Andrew Hawley in the film ‘The Innocent’ (Andrew Hawley is a producer and actor, known for Devil’s Gold 2018 and The Innocent 1985). It was then presented by the Director John Mackenzie (He assisted Ken Loach on his classic early TV plays such as The Wednesday Play: Cathy Come Home (1966) and made many other films including The Long Good Friday starring Bob Hoskins in 1980). The sword has the correct fish skin covered grip with wire binding which is tight and intact. The hilt is fitted with original leather cord which has stapled repairs in places and acorn knot. The sword is complete with its leather field covered steel scabbard which has fixed hanging bar & shoe. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 19416.

Nation : British
Local Price : £545.00

Naval Royal Dockyard Battalion Sword 1827, Rare. Ref X3213. A Rare 1827 Naval Royal Dockyard Battalion Sword. 39&157; overall, 32&157; slightly curved fullered blade engraved with crowned fouled anchor, ´Royal Dockyard Battalion´ with foliage & acorns, & ´Henry Wilkinson Pall Mall London´ to one side, the other with foliage, royal coat of arms & proof mark to forte. Solid gilt half basket hilt with crowned fouled anchor, folding side guard lion´s head pommel, the backstrap with full length lion´s mane. Black fish skin grip with twisted gilt wire. Circa 1847&194;&160; A rare sword in good condition, lacking scabbard.&194;&160; Royal Dockyard Battalion´s formed in 1847 from Dockyard staff and disbanded in about 1857.&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;&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 : British
Local Price : £545.00

Victorian British Officer’s 1821 Pattern Light Cavalry Officer’s Sword With Etched Blade & Officer’s Bullion Cord With Portepee By Hamburger & Rogers London & Scabbard. ED 3025 -. This is an original 1821 pattern Light Cavalry Officer’s sword & scabbard (see page 94 Of Swords Of The British Army by Robson & page 99 of World Swords by Withers). It has a 34” blade with fullers and measures 40” overall. The blade has original leather hilt washer. It has the correct fish skin grip with wire binding which is intact and tight and correct 3 bar guard hilt. The blade is etched on both sides with foliate panels together with ‘Crown VR (Victoria Regina). The ricasso is marked on one side by the maker ‘Hamburger & Rogers King St Cov Garden London’ and the reverse with ordnance star and inlaid proof roundel. The blade has some staining consistent with age but no damage. The hilt is fitted with silver & red bullion cord and portepee in very good clean condition. The original steel scabbard has 2 hanging rings & shoe. The scabbard has areas of light denting & staining / patina consistent with age. The price includes UK delivery. ED 3025