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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 : £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 P1856 Victorian Drummer MK 1 by Mole. British P1856 Victorian Drummer MK 1 Sword by Mole in good condition, regulation solid cast hilt, double edged blade and complete with black leather scabbard with matching mounts. The hilt with regimental markings and inspection stamps and the blade maker marked Mole and further inspection stamps

Nation : British
Local Price : £585.00

British Victorian P1856 Drummer MK 1 by Mole. British Victorian P1856 Drummer MK 1 Sword by Mole in good condition, regulation solid cast hilt, double edged blade and complete with black leather scabbard with matching mounts. The hilt with regimental markings and inspection stamps and the blade maker marked Mole and further inspection stamps

Nation : ?
Local Price : 595.00

An 1800 Pattern Flank Officers Sword by Prosser.. An 1800 Pattern Flank Officers Sword by Prosser. With highly curved single edged blade (some pitting throughout) steel stirrup hilt with wire bound fish skin grip (worn) in is original steel mounted leather scabbard (scabbard is intact but appears to have some old repairs), retaining traces of the makers name on the locket, ‘PROSSER'. Dimensions: Blade Length: 30 Inches (76.20 cm) Overall Length: 35 Inches (88.90 cm)

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 : 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 : Indian
Local Price : £575.00 GBP

19th Century Indian Mounted Artillery Sabre, Mole Birmingham. 19th Century Indian Mounted Artillery Sabre, Mole Birmingham."

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 : 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 : 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 : ?
Local Price : 575.00

A Scarce Parkhurst Prison Police Hanger.. A Scarce Parkhurst Prison Police Hanger. With regulation steel hilt, fish-skin grip (wire now missing) slightly curved single edged blade, double edged towards the point, etched at the forte with the makers details, ‘PARKER FIELD & SONS 233 Holborn London' and ‘PARKHURST PRISON'. No scabbard. Dimensions: Blade Length: 22 Inches (55.8 8cm) Overall Length: 27.25 Inches (69.21 cm)

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 GBP

Georgian Boarding Cutlass, P1804. A scarce 1804 pattern 'figure of 8' cutlass, marked with the George III monogram on the blade. The guard has been officially modified to facilitate ease of wear (Naval Swords by PWG Annis, 1970)."

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 : 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

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 1879 Pattern Martini Henry Artillery Carbine Bayonet, Royal Artillery Marked. Description Straight single-fullered blade with sawback, steel knucklebow hilt with slit for sword knot and muzzle ring. Black pressed leather grips with chequering (technically, knurling), steel pommel with external leaf spring. Black leather scabbard with steel chape and throat with teardrop frog stud. Blade 25 3/4 inches in length, the bayonet 31 1/4 inches overall, muzzle ring 0.65 inches in diameter (1.65cm). The blade is profusely stamped on one side of the ricasso with a crown over &#acute;V.R.&#acute; (Victoria Regina), this mark quite rubbed, the manufacture date 12/82 for December 1882, /95 which probably indicates the bayonet was retested in 1895, a Birmingham repair/refurbishment mark of a crown over &#acute;BR&#acute; over &#acute;66&#acute;, two crown inspection marks with &#acute;E&#acute; indicating the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield, and reissue dates &#acute;94 and &#acute;99. All marks pre-1895 are notably fainter than those post. On the other side it is stamped with a broad arrow atop &#acute;WD&#acute;, meaning War Department property, another crown inspection mark with &#acute;E&#acute;, an &#acute;X&#acute; which indicates that the blade passed a manufacturer&#acute;s bending test, two broad arrows point to point indicating a weapon which was obsolete or to be sold off, and a mark of two letter &#acute;R&#acute;s back-to-back, indicating a condemned weapon “ one that had failed inspection or was otherwise deemed unfit for further military service. The spine of the blade has another Enfield stamp, a letter &#acute;W&#acute; and an &#acute;R&#acute;. The exposed tang has another Birmingham repair stamp, &#acute;J&#acute;, a Maltese cross, &#acute;A.S.&#acute;, &#acute;B&#acute; and &#acute;P&#acute;. The pommel is stamped near the mortise slot with another Enfield crown inspection mark, and near the locking button with the unit mark &#acute;63. RA.&#acute; over &#acute;39&#acute;, which I believe indicates this was weapon number 39 issued to 63 Battery Royal Artillery. The Royal Artillery had 93 active field batteries as of 1898. In 1899 the Royal Field Artillery was established as a separate arm of the artillery and 63 Battery was transferred into it, retaining its same unit number. 63 Battery R.F.A. served in the Boer War, and it is interesting to note that this bayonet was still evidently in service as 1899, when the Boer War broke out. 63 Battery sailed for South Africa near the end of 1899, losing their artillery pieces in the sinking of the SS Ismore and requiring a refit, but were ready to fight in time for the Battle of Spion Kop in January 1900. I believe it is unlikely that they brought this bayonet with them to South Africa however, as the Martini-Henry artillery carbine had been replaced by the Magazine Lee-Metford carbine as the standard rifle for the RFA by that date. Single-shot Martini rifles were antiquated by comparison and while some Martini type rifles were used in the Boer War by volunteer units and colonial troops, including artillery, these would have been .303 chambered Martini Metfords and Martini Enfields which could not have accepted the 1879 Pattern bayonet. The frog stud of the scabbard is stamped with &#acute;81&#acute; and &#acute;101&#acute;. No legible markings to its leather section. When mounted to a carbine-length Martini Henry rifle the 1879 Pattern bayonet gave a soldier good overall reach, and with its substantial hilt it could also serve as a fighting sword. Its saw-toothed back would have found use in brush-cutting, like other similar designs popular during the 19th century. Production of the bayonets at Enfield continued until 1890. The blade is bright with some frosting in the fullered section and small patches of light patination. Both its true and false edges have been sharpened, with no edge or tip damage. The sawblade is good, with signs of light use, some tip wear to the teeth but no breakages. The leather grips have very little handling wear, one small dent to the edge of one of the scales where it contacts the exposed tang. The hilt, tang and pommel pieces are bright in places and moderately patinated in others, dependent of wear and possibly service polishing, e.g. the inside of the hilt is darker than the outside. The steel pieces of the scabbard have mottled light patination over a bright finish. The throat piece of the scabbard can move ~3mm up and down, but remains attached to the leather section by its staple. The chape piece has some dents, it has lost its staple but remains firmly attached by some other means. The bayonet sheaths and draws smoothly.

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 : 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.

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Local Price : 7,000 kr

Sv udda sabel ev för varvs/marinpolis.

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Local Price : 7,000 kr

Militär flintlåspistol ca:1760-70.

Nation : British
Local Price : £545.00

British WD 1856 Pattern Pioneer’s Sawback Short Sword Sidearm With Brass Hilt Regiment Marked ‘V MX 16 13’ To The Duke Of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment) Volunteers & 1895 Scabbard Regiment Marked ‘3 DF 1’ To The Royal D. Elements of The Duke Of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment) saw service in India during the late 19th century. Following the outbreak of the Second Boer War in 1899, the Regiment embarked for active service in South Africa in December 1899 and took part in the storming of Alleman’s Nek in June 1900. The battalion stayed in South Africa after the end of the war (June 1902). When the Boers declared war Elements of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers took part in the first major battle of the war, the Battle of Talana Hill near Dundee. The Regiment saw much action during the war including the siege of Ladysmith. This is an original 1856 Pattern British Pioneers Sawback Short Sword Sidearm (see page 173 of Robson’s Swords of the British Army) with Middlesex Regiment marks and scabbard with Royal Dublin Fusiliers marks. It has a broad 22 ½” blade with deeply cut sawback (27 ¾”overall). The blade has just light staining consistent with age. One side of the blade has German blade maker trademark of W.R. Kirschbaum & Co. of Solingen, later part of Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Co. (WKC) together with British ordnance inspection mark, the reverse has WD Broad arrow mark and ordnance inspection mark which is repeated on the spine. It has a heavy ribbed Brass handle with full knuckle bow, slotted for lanyard. The tail of the guard has Regiment marks ‘V MX 16 13’ To The Duke Of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment) Volunteers. The sidearm is complete with original leather scabbard with brass mounts which have dents consistent with age and service use but are totally secure. The leather of the scabbard is clean and intact. The throat mount has ‘4 1895’ date (April 1895) above Regiment marks ‘3 DF 1’ To The Royal Dublin Fusiliers. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23174:36 (armoury bucket)

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

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.

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Local Price : 6,950 kr

Fransk / Svensk sabel m/1803-1814.

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Local Price : 745.00 USD

EUROPEAN HUNTING SWORD C.1750-70. Iron mounted hilt with thick recurved scalloped guard and shaped ebony grip with iron base ferrule and pommel cap. 13 7/8” double edged blade, made in this size. The forte with rococo panels of scrolling foliage. Iconic hound and boar/hound and stag motifs beyond. Rarely found in this size (see Swords and Blades of the American Revolution, #97.S) this sword would have served as a side arm for protection in the streets. May well have served in the American or French Revolutions.

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Local Price : 6,900 kr

Ã–sterrikisk kavalleripistol m/1798 konverterad från flintlås.

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Local Price : 550.00

A Prize Sabre for the Newcastle & Northumberland Vol. Cavalry, (Northumberland Yeomanry).. A Scarce Prize Sabre for the Newcastle & Northumberland Vol. Cavalry which was the original name of the Northumberland Yeomanry. Formed in 1819 by Colonel Brandling for the purpose of ‘rendering effectual aid to the civil power in case of disturbance' the NNVC did indeed have to fulfil this function on several occasions in the early years including the strike riots of keelmen in 1822 when they remained on duty for 21 days and the miners strike of 1831 when they did 31 days on duty, in time such disturbances became less and the yeomanry were retained ‘for the purpose of defence against possible invasion'. They undertook 8 days annual training on the Town Moor and it was probably on these occasions that prize sabres were awarded for competitions or achievements such as best swordsman in a troop or proficiency in training. Prize sabres were often privately purchased and presented to troopers by officers or other benefactors of the regiment. The name of the regiment was changed to Northumberland (Hussars) Yeomanry Cavalry in 1876 and it went on to serve in the Boer War as Imperial Yeomanry where, along with Durham, Northumberland provided more volunteers than any other district and saw extensive service and in the First World War where the regiment was one of the first territorial units into active service and saw at action at First Ypres and many other engagements on the Western Front and at Gallipoli and other campaigns in the Middle East. 1821 pattern cavalry sabre with bright single edged blade double edged at the point, cut with a long fuller running along the back-edge, decorated with royal arms, scrolling foliage and, 'N.N.V.C. PRIZE SABRE' on a scroll, regulation steel hilt, with wire bound fish-skin grip, in original steel scabbard with two suspension rings. The fullered ‘Wilkinson' type blade indicates a date after 1845 but the lack of a proof slug and the style of the etching suggests a relatively early date of perhaps about 1845-50. Dimensions: Blade Length: 35.5 Inches (90.10 cm) Overall Length: 41 Inches (104.10 cm)

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Local Price : 735.00 USD

CIVIL WAR INFANTRY OFFICERS SWORD 1850 PATTERN. See The American Sword, Peterson #73. Brass hilt with good high relief, well chased foliage decoration. The guard in pierced floral motif with U S centered. Wire wrapped leather covered grip, a little dry but complete. Wire complete. 30 1/4” broad and narrow fullered curved single edged blade of fine fighting form decorated 2/3 its length with foliage, military trophies, US, and E PLURIBUS UNUM, motto. Maker's mark to the ricasso. Blade condition excellent plus, bright with crisp decoration. Blade shows gray patina, with the decoration excellent, mottled toward the point. Great age character.

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Local Price : 735.00 USD

EUROPEAN OFFICER’S SWORD C.1800. Napoleonic Wars period, probably from one of the PR confederation German states. Brass hilt with lion head pommel and wire wrapped leather covered grip. 27 ¾” curved broad fullered blade shows smooth glossy patina but for the point area which has a patch of pitting (as shown) each side. Many of the southern German states including Bavaria fought with Napoleon. Others including Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Brunswick and Oldenburg, opposed France early or defected later. A well used veteran of the Napoleonic Wars.