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Local Price : 555.00 USD

1840 PATTERN MUSICIAN'S SWORD. German made with HORSTMAN SOLINGEN maker's mark. Undated and not US marked, indicative of militia use. Very likely fought for the Confederacy. Musicians marched at the head of the attack and were recognized as a stabilizing and stimulating force. Musicians marched at the head of the attack and were recognized as a stabilizing and stimulating force. They were attacked to silence them and a few including Robert Henry Hendershot and John Clem became legends for their bravery on the battlefield. Union musicians were equipped with the 1840 pattern sword and no other weapon. From the famed American Sword Collection of Frank Barnyak.

Nation : -
Local Price : 4,900 kr

Sabel/Pallach för tungt kavalleri ca:1830-40.

Nation : Russian
Local Price : 4,900 kr

Prussian saber w/1889 for officer.

Nation : Canada
Local Price : $750.00 CAD

(JOHN) BRASHER FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOL. (JOHN) BRASHER FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOL: .49 Cal. Circa 1807-1831. With pop-out trigger and turn-off 1 3/4 inch barrel. The left side of the frame is engraved “BRASHER”. It is very faint and hard to read; the right side “LONDON”. Very nice walnut grip with silver escutcheon and Sterling Silver Hallmarked butt-cap. Sliding frizzen safety; missing locking pin. Tight crisp action. VG $750.00 SOLD

Nation : British
Local Price : $750.00 CAD

BRITISH P.1857 PIQUET WEIGHT ENGINEER’S OFFICER’S SWORD. BRITISH P.1857 PIQUET WEIGHT ENGINEER’S OFFICER’S SWORD: SILVER PLATED HILT with excellent wire-bound fish-skin grips. Plain 32 ½ inch blade is excellent with a few very small patches of minor pitting. Robson #211. $750.00

Nation : German
Local Price : $750.00 CAD

IMPERIAL GERMAN CAVALRY TROOPER’S SWORD M.1889. IMPERIAL GERMAN CAVALRY TROOPER’S SWORD M.1889: Dated 1897 “ERFURT”. Maker: OTTO MERTENS, Solingen (1893-1918). Prussian Eagle in the hilt cartouche. Excellent grip, hilt and blade. The scabbard has some dents on the right side. VG+ $750.00

Nation : -
Local Price : 550.00 USD

CIVIL WAR MILITIA NCO SWORD, CHARLESTON. Pattern used by northern and Southern Militias in the Antebellum period and which subsequently served in the Civil War on both sides. See The American Sword, Peterson, #11. Brass hilt the “bow tie” form guard and plumed helmet pommel, shows dark patina. The grip perished. 28” diamond section blade with crusty surface rust. Purchased in the 1970's at Schindler's Antiques, King St. Charleston South Carolina. It was said to have come from a Charleston house clearance and to have been carried by a Confederate soldier during the Civil War. That time was just 100 years after the war and hardly anyone collected anything. Such items with good honest provenance could be purchased very cheaply.

Nation : -
Local Price : 4,850 kr

Huggare Ã–sterrike 1700tal.

Nation : French
Local Price : £385.00

French 1831 Foot Artillery Sidearm. Brass on piece grip, crossguard and pommel. Crossguard marked with original smallÂ number 578 & later larger numbers 369, other side with a &#acute;star&#acute; inspection stamp. Steel double edged blade marked at ricasso with Thiebaut 1832 on one side and an Inspection stamp on the other.(Thiebaut is a private manufacturer)Â In its brass mounted black leather scabbard, locket also stamped 578 & 369. Length 632mm Blade 481mm

Nation : German
Local Price : £385.00

German Mauser M1871 Bayonet, 35th Reserve Infantry Regiment, dated 1874 by Gebr. Weyersberg. Description Single fullered, spear pointed blade. Steel hilt with forward upper quillon atop the muzzle ring and reverse lower quillon. Brass grip with beaked pommel, steel external leaf spring for the locking mechanism. Black leather scabbard with brass fittings at the throat and chape. Blade 18Â½ inches in length, the bayonet 23Â½ inches overall. The hilt is stamped with the unit mark &#acute;35.R.3.115&#acute;, indicating that it belonged with rifle number 115 of the 3rd Company, 35th Reserve Infantry Regiment. The throat piece of the scabbard is stamped with the unit mark &#acute;35.R._.30&#acute;, a close match to the bayonet, belonging to rifle 30 of an unknown company of the 35th Infantry Regiment. The blade is stamped at the ricasso on one side with the maker&#acute;s mark &#acute;GEBR WEYERSBERG SOLINGEN&#acute;, indicating Gebruder Weyersberg (Weyersberg Brothers) based in the city of Solingen. The spine of the blade is stamped with a crown and &#acute;W74&#acute;, indicating that it was manufactured in 1874 during the reign of Wilhelm I, as well as a crown acceptance stamp. The belly of the blade is stamped at the ricasso with &#acute;1&#acute;. The top of the hilt next to the lower quillon is stamped with a crown inspection mark, as is the exposed tang, and the pommel is stamped with two more next to the locking button. The mouth of the scabbard is stamped on either side with crown inspection marks. The chape piece is stamped next to the staple on one side with &#acute;H&#acute;. The blade has been previously repolished with a few patches of cleaned pitting and polishing marks overall. The hilt and grip have a few small dents and only a few small spots of patination. The scabbard leather has some rubbing and scattered dents, its stitching is all intact. Light dents to the scabbard fittings which do not interfere with smooth sheathing and drawing.

Nation : British
Local Price : £385.00

Royal Engineers Drivers Sword c 1850. Royal Engineers Drivers Sword c 1850, the blade is curved and flat with markings for the maker Schnitzler and Kirschbaum, the Board of Ordnance, the Liege Inspector’s mark plus the year 1850 and Frederick William IV of Prussia. The hilt has had the basket guard removed and the leather finger hoop is missing complete with wooden grip is covered in ridged leather. It was made for trial by a Prussian cavalry regiment, but they rejected it. The sword was later purchased in Liege by British War Department.

Nation : American
Local Price : 545.00 USD

CIVIL WAR MILITIA SWORD POSSIBLY CONFEDERATE, C.1840-50. C.1840-50. As carried by Non Commissioned Officers in both the North and South. See The American Sword, Peterson, #11. 25 1/2” double edged blade. Brass hilt, formerly gilt, with reeded bone grip. State militias comprised the majority of combatants at the outbreak of the Civil War. As this sword survived the war and later, it can surely be assumed to have served. The absence of the stars and bars logo as found on the langets of many of these including this one, may indicate Southern use, as the prospect of war was festering by the 1830's. The doctrine of nullification was made law in South Carolina and resulted in 1832, in which President Andrew Johnson threatened to send Federal troops to enforce the tariff laws. South Carolina's militias were called up and the state prepared for war. From the famous Frank Barnyak collection.

Nation : American
Local Price : 545.00 USD

WESTWARD EXPANSION PERIOD AMERICAN STATE MILITIA SWORD. 27 ½” double-edged blade of fighting form. The ricasso marked C A HART & CO PHILADELPHIA. That maker is identified by one source as active 1870-88 producing swords for militias and secret societies. This example is made to the standard militia NCO specifications and likely was the sword of a state militia Non-Commissioned Officer. Plated hilt with excellent reeded bone grip and pommel surmounted by an eagle. Original plated scabbard with no dents and the plating is complete and bright. NCO's purchased their own swords from sword dealers and owned them after retirement. They chose from the various type available were allowed, so long as they met the basic specifications of the pattern.

Nation : German
Local Price : 545.00 USD

IMPERIAL GERMAN ARTILLERY OFFICER’S SWORD. Iron hilt with P form guard, shows remnants of plating. Wire wrapped composition grip (flake at the heel and base crack left side). 35 ¼” broad fullered blade in good original polish with WKC maker's mark at the forte. Black japanned scabbard with nearly all finish intact.

Nation : -
Local Price : 4,800 kr

Sv sabel för marinunderofficer av 1:ta och 2:dra graden m/1915.

Nation : -
Local Price : 4,800 kr

Sv cavalry sable w/1854.

Nation : -
Local Price : 4,800 kr

Dräktvärja 1800talets första hälft.

Nation : British
Local Price : £380.00

British Circa 1820 India Pattern Brown Bess Socket Bayonet with India Spring. Description Triangular blade with unfullered top surface and fullered lower surfaces. A roughly rectangular leaf spring is attached to the outer surface of the socket, retained by a single screw. Wood-lined black leather scabbard with brass locket and chape piece. The blade is stamped with the maker&#acute;s mark &#acute;S HILL&#acute;, indicating the manufacturer Stephen Hill, who traded from Pritchett Street in Birmingham from around 1830, then changed the trade name to S. Hill & Sons from 1849-1855, an inspection mark &#acute;D 4&#acute;, and the letter &#acute;F&#acute; at the very base of the blade. The blade markings are partly worn: Indian socket bayonets were repolished often to keep them bright, which often resulted in the loss of detail to the markings. The rear rim of the socket is stamped with &#acute;6&#acute; and four incised lines. The leather at the throat end is stamped with decorative criss-crossing lines. The &#acute;Indian Spring&#acute; was reputedly designed by Ezekiel Baker, the same gunsmith who created the famous Baker Rifle, to improve the fastening of the socket bayonet to the India Pattern Brown Bess musket. This is the later version of the spring introduced around 1820 with an almost rectangular shape, still doing the same job of preventing the bayonet from shifting position once it had been fixed to the rifle, but stronger than the early type, which was more triangular. The bayonet is clean overall with only small areas of patina and some very light pitting near the tip of the blade. The brass chape piece and a small amount of leather have become detached from the rest of the scabbard. The detached chape piece has several dents, the throat piece has one very small one to its rim. The leather of the scabbard is quite worn in places, with rubbing to raised edges and surface cracking.

Nation : Portuguese
Local Price : £380.00

Portuguese 19th Century Cavalry Trooper’s Sword. Description Curved, single fullered unsharpened sabre blade, black leather washer, three-bar steel hilt with forward curving comma-shaped quillon and pierced thumb guard. Steel backstrap with integral oval pommel cap and riveted &#acute;ears&#acute; over a wire-bound brown shagreen grip. Plain steel scabbard with single hanging ring. Blade 34 inches in length past the washer, the sword 40 inches in length overall. One side of the quillon is stamped &#acute;AE&#acute;, and faintly, &#acute;F&#acute;. The AE mark stands for &#acute;Arsenal do Exercito&#acute;, the Army Arsenal of Portugal. The opposite side of the quillon is stamped &#acute;D63 2&#acute;, a serial or unit number. The scabbard is also stamped on the band with &#acute;AE&#acute; on one side and &#acute;G67&#acute; on the other. Swords like this one were manufactured outside Portugal on contract for the Arsenal, principally by Reeves of Birmingham as well as by German makers and Ballesteros of Madrid. It is an imitation of the British 1821 Pattern Light Cavalry officer&#acute;s sword (with the fullered sabre blade used after 1845). While this example does not bear a maker&#acute;s mark, this perhaps having been polished off over time, it is probably by Reeves. The blade is bright and unsharpened with no edge damage. The metal parts of the hilt are likewise bright with only tiny spots of light patination. There is slight side-to-side movement to the hilt and a few small dents to the guard. The shagreen of the grip is in good condition with light handling wear, the wire binding of the grip is all intact with fractional movement to two of the loops. The scabbard would have been formed by curling sheet metal into a cylinder and brazing the join together at the trailing edge: this is normally very strong but for unknown reasons Reeves used 0.7mm thick sheet metal on their scabbards compared with the 1.5mm used by the other contractors. This makes the scabbard noticeably light - it weighs 495g while a British 1821 Pattern scabbard that I compared it with weighed 861g. There is one noticeable dent at the chape on one side, below which is what appears to be a period repair, and there are a few other smaller and shallower dents including one next to the band. None of these interfere with sheathing and drawing. The brazing of the scabbard has short cracks in three places, perhaps due to the same knocks that formed the dents.

Nation : -
Local Price : 4,750 kr

Sv somewhat odd saber circa 1870-80.

Nation : -
Local Price : 535.00 USD

CIVIL WAR MILITIA SWORD. Antebellum period, C. 1840-50. Type carried by Non Commissioned Officers in both the North and South. See The America Sword, Peterson, #11. 27 1/4” double edged blade. Brass hilt with about 80% gold remaining and bone grip. State militias comprised the majority of combatants at the outbreak of the Civil War. As this sword survived the war and later, it can surely be assumed to have served. The absence of the stars and bars logo as found on the langets of many of these including this one, may indicate Southern use, as the prospect of war was festering by the 1830's. The doctrine of nullification was made law in South Carolina and in 1832, resulted in President Andrew Johnson threatening to send Federal troops to enforce the tariff laws. South Carolina's militias were called up and the state prepared for war. From the famous Frank Barnyak collection.

Nation : French
Local Price : £375.00

French Chatellerault Arsenal 1878 Dated 1822 Pattern Light Cavalry Trooper’s Sword with Brass Fittings. Sn 18402. -. This pattern of sword was used by French cavalry during the Crimean War, Mexican Expedition, Prussian War & were used by Confederate cavalry during the American Civil war. Our example is in as found un-messed with condition. It has a 36” single edged sabre blade with fullers (42 ½” overall). The curved, blued sabre blade with fullers is clean & undamaged. The spine of the blade is crisply engraved by the French Chatellerault Arsenal manufacturer, dated ‘Avril (April) 1878’ and has ‘1822’ Model detail (all in French illustrated). The blade has its original leather hilt washer. The brass bar guard and pommel cap are undamaged. The guard is numbered ‘522’ and has small inspection mark (illustrated). It’s original leather grip has its original wire binding. The sword is without scabbard. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 18402.

Nation : British
Local Price : £375.00

Victorian / WW1 Era British Officers Swagger Sword Stick With Brass Screw Thread Locking Mechanism. Sn 21885 -. This is an excellent Victorian / WW1 era Swagger Sword Stick & Scabbard. It has a 13 ¾” single edged steel blade. The blade has just light staining to be expected with age. It measures 22” overall in its scabbard. The wood hilt and scabbard are undamaged. The hilt has a brass ferrule with screw thread the turns into a brass ferrule on the scabbard, firmly retaining the sword stick in the scabbard when being carried as a swagger stick. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 21885 (top of rifle rack armoury)

Nation : British
Local Price : £375.00

1967 ER II British Wilkinson Sword 1897 Pattern Infantry Officer’s Sword With Etched Blade Issued To A Superintendent Of The Swaziland Police Africa, Leather Covered Field Service Scabbard & Frog. Sn 21720 -. Founded in 1907 when the African Estwani territory was under British rule, the Royal Swaziland Police Force initially consisted of 22 European officers along with 125 African Zulus, under Captain C.H. Gibson. A police training school was established in Mbabane in 1927 and a modern training college was built in 1965 at Matsapha. During the independence celebrations in 1968 King Sobhuza II renamed it into the Royal Swaziland Police Service. This is an original British1897 pattern Infantry Officer’s sword with scabbard and frog which was reputedly issued to a police officer in Swaziland on his promotion to Superintendent in 1967. His career further promoted him to Senior Superintendent, a paper copy of a group photograph of the Officer (name unknown) which accompanies the sword depicts the man as a Junior Officer (top right of picture). The sword has a 32 ½” long blade with partial fullers and measures 39 ¼” overall. The blade has areas of staining consistent with age and use. The blade has foliate etched panels and Queen Elizabeth II Crown & ‘ER II’ Royal Cypher. The blade has Wilkinson Sword’s name, Royal appointment and crossed swords legend, it also has etched ordnance acceptance proof star and original leather hilt washer. The spine of the blade is numbered 91225. It has a full pierced 1897 Pattern nickel plated knuckle guard with Crown ER II device. It has a curved stepped pommel with ball top, knurled back strap for grip & fish skin grip with wire binding in very good condition. It is complete with leather covered wood field service scabbard. The scabbard has a nickel plated throat mount & is fitted with leather frog that has 2 belt loops and buckles. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 21720

Nation : British
Local Price : £375.00

WW1 Era British Officers Souzy Paris Brown Leather Covered Bamboo Swagger Sword Stick. Sn 22984 -. Established in 1871 Souzy Paris (officially Souzy & de Lacam and later, Etablissements Souzy) was one of the largest fencing suppliers in France. They produced weaponry and accoutrements including masks, jackets, plastrons, gloves, trophies, medals, targets, and more. This is a nicely marked original British Officers brown leather covered wood Swagger Sword Stick & Scabbard With Souzy Paris signed Blade. It has a clean 16" square rapier blade that tapers to a pin sharp point (possibly a cut down fencing / duelling blade). It measures 21 ½” overall in its scabbard. The blade is stamped by the manufacturer on 2 sides ’Souzy Paris’ & number 5 on one side. The Bamboo grip & scabbard are bound in brown leather. The leather has some light scuffing consistent with age. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 22984 (armoury on top of gun rack)

Nation : British
Local Price : £375.00

WW1 Era British Officer’s Brown Leather Bound Swagger Sword Stick With Ibberson Sheffield ‘Stradivarius Violin’ Trademark Blade. Sn 22426:27 -. Ibberson is a famous and popular name in the Sheffield cutlery industry. From the mid-17th century to the beginning of the 19th century, there were just under a hundred Sheffield cutlers named Ibberson (or Ibbotson). A cutler named William Ibberson operated in the Stannington area to the north west of Sheffield as long ago as 1666, but it has been claimed that the origins of the George Ibberson company can be traced back to a Joseph Ibberson who made cutlery in 1700. In 1873, the company registered its world famous Stradivarius Violin trademark with The Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire. This mark, along with Ibberson’s other great trademark, Double sharp ##, would go on to gain legendary status amongst knife enthusiasts the world over. This is an original WW1 era brown leather covered wood Swagger Sword Stick & Scabbard in the form popular with British Officers during WW1 by Ibberson. It has a 13 ¼” flat diamond section steel blade which tapers to a sharp point. The blade has age related staining and one side is marked with Ibberson’s ‘Stradivarius Violin’ Trademark and ‘Made In Sheffield England’. It measures 23 ¼” overall in its scabbard. The wood grip & scabbard are bound in brown leather. All leather and stitching is clean. The throat of the scabbard has a brass collar. There is surface wear to the top of the sword sticks handle consistent with service carry. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 22426:27 (armoury on top of gun rack)

Nation : Italian
Local Price : £375.00

Italian Circa 1848 Piedmontese Short Sword, Italian War of Independence with Risorgimento Inscription. Description Straight, double-edged, spear pointed blade with shallow central fuller. Cast brass hilt with acorn shaped finials and central cross motif on one side, ribbed brass grip, round pommel. Black leather scabbard with brass pieces at the chape and throat, heart-shaped frog stud. The scabbard is faintly stamped &#acute;OAM&#acute;. The blade is etched on one side with foliate motifs and the dedication &#acute;Valore Lombardo 22 Marzo 1848&#acute; and on the other &#acute;Nell&#acute;Unione La Forza&#acute;. I believe this translates to &#acute;Bravery in Lombardy [on the] 22nd March 1848 of the Forces of Union&#acute;. This is probably to commemorate the events of the 22nd March 1848, in which an armed rebellion in Milan and elsewhere in Lombardy-Venetia forced the occupying Austrian army to withdraw from much of that region. The unexpectedly successful rebels were both anti-Austrian and pro-Italian unification, part of what came to be called the Risorgimento. To satisfy popular demand, and perhaps seeing an opportunity to gain territory, the Kingdom of Sardinia (the Piedmontese) declared war on Austria and moved its army, which had been mobilized on the 1st March due to fears of insurrection, into Lombardy-Venetia to drive the Austrians out of their remaining holdings. The other Italian states all joined the war, but the slow and disorganized advance of the various forces across Lombardy gave the Austrians time to regroup and fortify their positions. The advance of the Piedmontese stalled on the 6th May 1848, after which the Austrians launched an energetic counterattack with fresh reinforcements. Italian forces were gradually forced back, several states withdrew from the war for political reasons, and exactly one year later the Kingdom of Sardinia was successfully invaded by the Austrians. The war was an Austrian victory, but the desire of Italians to be free of Austrian influence was not extinguished, leading directly to the Second Italian War of Independence in 1859 and fuelling the Italian unification movement. The inscription on this sword is politically interesting: Not all Piedmontese would have been unificationists, but whoever had this sword inscribed seems to have believed in that cause. The events of March 1848, which became known as the &#acute;Five Days of Milan&#acute;, convinced many that a &#acute;guerra di popolo&#acute; or &#acute;people&#acute;s war&#acute; could bring about a single independent Italian state. The blade has scattered areas of pitting, little of it affecting the inscription. There is a small amount of side-to-side movement in the hilt. The bottom of the chape piece has split, and with the sword fully sheathed its tip emerges from the gap. The leather of the scabbard is in quite good condition, all the stitching intact, with only some surface-level cracks and a few dents.

Nation : French
Local Price : £375.00

French Model ‘1831’ Infantry or Bandsman Sword and Scabbard. ED 2366. -. A French Model ‘1831’ Infantry or Bandsman sword and scabbard maker marked ‘Talabot F.S Paris’. The French M1831 Foot Artillery Sword was patterned after the Roman Gladius doubled edged weapon manufactured by Talabot of Paris. The French M1831 Sword was indirectly used as a model for the US Army’s M1832 Foot Artillery Sword and the US Navy’s M1841 Ames Naval Cutlass. The French soldiers used to call this sword a "coupe Chou" which translates to cabbage cutter for its practical uses. The cruciform hilt is of solid brass with circumferential grooves to help grip in combat, the cross guard terminates with finials of concentric circles. The handle has decreasing circles below an extended pommel. The 47cm blade is showing signs of age-related wear, the sword is 62cm overall. The scabbard is thick leather and has an illegible makers mark in the leather; it has a brass chape with an inspection mark, and brass throat. See page 190 of ‘Withers World of Swords. The price includes UK postage. ED 2366. (Bucket)

Nation : Brazilian
Local Price : £375.00

*Unusual* Brazilian M1908 Pattern Artillery Short Sword & Scabbard. 22516. -. This very nice Brazilian M1908 Artillery Short Sword was most likely released in 1976 from military stores in Rio De Janeiro, along with other now obsolete edged weapons. It is in very good overall condition. The 15 ½ “blades surface is clean and bright, with only a bit of light staining in areas. It has been sharpened at arsenal, and the main edge is still relatively sharp with no visible dents. As is correct for these swords, the blade is totally unmarked, though there are some number markings on the cross guard: 941 and 11969 on the top, and F 1 on the bottom. The hilt has checkered wooden grip panels, finished with shellac and retained by two screws with split nuts. Overall length of the sword is 20 5/8 inches. The steel fitted leather scabbard is also in very good condition, with the finish on the leather and furniture very nice. The price includes UK delivery. 22516. (Bucket)

Nation : -
Local Price : 4,700 kr

Sv bayonet w/1851 for the navy's chamber loader.

Nation : American
Local Price : 525.00 USD

US MILITIA NCO SWORD C.1850. Rare early example. Identical to Peterson #12 with cross guard decorated in floral motifs, cruciform with pointed langets. That style draws from the Ottoman taste and saw selective use in American and England in the first half of the 19th century. Reeded bone grip with good patina (single crack and small chips). 25 ½” broad d.e. blade etched with military trophies and eagle clutching arrow cluster below motto Estates Unes on ribbon. Gray, quite smooth with minor pitting. Hilt with fine aging.

Nation : American
Local Price : 525.00 USD

AMERICAN MILITIA NCO SWORD C.1850. Pattern which served both sides in the Civil War! Brass hilt, formerly gilt, with bow tie guard and relief stars & bars shield langets. Plumed helmet pommel. Wire wrapped grip and 25 3/8" blade, somewhat broader than usually encountered. The blade base lightly stamped with a P R possibly the initials of the soldier who carried it which would not be inconsistent with militia rules. The cross guard as well stamped BUCHOLZ each side, with individual letter stamps. Uniform used condition and good military character. The name probably applied by the soldier who carried it, after the war for veterans ceremonies.