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Nation : American
Local Price : £300.00

US Navy Model 1870 Yataghan Bayonet. Description Yataghan blade, brass hilt with partial muzzle ring and lobe quillon, brass grip with &#acute;feathered&#acute; or &#acute;fishscale&#acute; texture, beaked pommel with motif of crossed cannon barrels over an anchor. Unusual hilt design with high leaf spring locking catch and lower hole to accommodate the cleaning rod of the 1870 rifle. Black leather scabbard with brass locket and chape, with frog stud. Blade is unmarked. Hilt is marked with &#acute;S&#acute;. The back of the grip is stamped with &#acute;GGS&#acute; and the pommel end with &#acute;J.G.B&#acute;. The US 1870 Navy rifle was a Springfield made rolling block type “ the bayonets for it are thought to have all been made by the Ames Manufacturing Company of Chicopee, Massachusetts. Two versions are known to exist, this version with the yataghan blade and a straight-bladed version. Blade has some pitting, brass hilt has some very small dings and patina as expected for age. Scabbard is very good, only minor rubbing to the leather, no structural damage. Some small dents to the chape piece.

Nation : British
Local Price : £300.00

British George V 1897 Pattern Infantry Officer&#acute;s Sword, Probably WW1. Description Straight single-fullered spear-pointed blade. Steel hilt with pierced and imprinted decoration including the crown and cypher of King George V (reigned 1910-1936). Steel ferrule, fully chequered steel backstrap, integral oval pommel with tang button. Wire-bound black shagreen grip, brown leather washer. Steel nickel-plated parade scabbard, with two hanging rings. Blade 32 5/8 inches in length past the washer, 1 inch wide at the shoulder, the sword 38Â½ inches overall. The blade is stamped on one side at the ricasso with a proof mark that is simply &#acute;PROVED&#acute; with the letters arranged in a circle. This is a more economical form of the traditional proof, which would usually take the form of an inset brass proof slug surrounded by etching. There is no maker&#acute;s mark or other markings on the blade. I have seen this simplified proof mark before on swords produced during WW1, by the manufacturers Fenton Brothers and Hawksworth, both in Sheffield. These firms did not typically manufacture swords and only began to do so due to the war. I have also seen examples stamped with this proof mark but no maker&#acute;s mark, just the text &#acute;MADE IN SHEFFIELD&#acute;. Lacking all of the equipment and skilled labour that would be available at a firm of sword cutlers, these wartime manufacturers at times had to improvise, such as making hilts out of materials other than steel (to avoid the need to bend a steel &#acute;flat&#acute; into shape which required specialised tooling) or swapping the shagreen grip for leather. Skipping the traditional but non-essential slugs for a simple stamp on the steel may have been another such measure and does not seem to have been done by any established firms. Wartime swords did typically have decorative etching, so this example is a little unusual in having a completely plain blade. There might have once been shallow etching that has been completely polished off subsequently. The blade is bright with a mirror polish, with some light frosting in places, a few small spots of patination, small patches of heavy patination at the very shoulder abutting the washer, and polishing marks. The blade&#acute;s edge is unsharpened and undamaged. The shagreen of the grip has a few small spots of wear and one lost scale which show up brown, its wire binding is all present with some movement to all the loops. The hilt, ferrule, backstrap and pommel have all been nickel-plated and this plating is in very good condition with little wear even on high-wear areas like the edges and inside of the hilt. No movement to the hilt, the sword is solid in the hand. The scabbard&#acute;s plating has a few spots of wear revealing patinated steel, the scabbard as a whole is straight and free of dents allowing smooth sheathing and drawing.

Nation : British
Local Price : £300.00

British Mark I 1856 Pattern Drummer&#acute;s Sword, East Kent Regiment. Description Straight unfullered double-edged spear-pointed blade with diamond cross-section, brass hilt with central VR cypher of Queen Victoria, triangular langets and trefoil finials. Longitudinally ribbed brass grip, flared pommel with tang button. Black leather scabbard with brass fittings at throat and chape, the throat piece with teardrop-shaped frog stud. The brass grip is stamped on one of the narrow, smooth sides with &#acute;E.K.&#acute;, indicating that this sword was issued to the East Kent Regiment. The throat piece of the scabbard is stamped on the rear face next to the staple with &#acute;RENOVATED POTTER ALDERSHOT&#acute;. These short swords were issued to drummers of infantry regiments. While the pattern was ordered to be adopted in 1856, there is evidence that similar-looking swords were being carried by musicians in some units as early as 1843, and some units did not actually adopt the new pattern until years after its introduction. Wholly ornamental, an identical version with a cast iron hilt was issued for buglers. Henry Potter & Co is a musical instrument maker founded in 1810 by Samuel Potter, a Drum Major of the Coldstream Guards, supplying musical instruments such as drums, fifes and bugles to the military. Initially based in London, William&#acute;s son George created a branch at Aldershot, which was the site of the Army’s first permanent training camp established in 1853. Over time Aldershot grew into a major military town and garrison seen to this day as the home of the British Army, providing continuing business for the highly specialized craftsmen at Potter & Co. It is interesting to see that they did renovation work on bandsmen&#acute;s swords “ while not swordsmiths they would most likely have had all the skills needed to repair or spruce up brass and leather parts, and regiments would have been used to doing business with them. The company is still in operation at Aldershot to this day. The blade has some spots of light patination and some old polishing marks. The brass hilt & grip and the brass fittings of the scabbard have an even patina, with a brighter area on the scabbard throat piece where it is covered by the langet when the sword is sheathed. The leather of the scabbard remains flexible “ take care to support it when withdrawing the blade. Some surface-level flaking and cracking to the leather. All its stitching is intact.

Nation : Indian
Local Price : £300.00

Indian 19th Century Foot Artillery Sword. Description Slightly curved unfullered blade with false edge and spear point. Blade 65.8cm in length, Â¼ inch (6.5mm) thick at the shoulder, the sword 78.4cm overall. Steel hilt with forward curving comma-shaped quillon and recurved single bar knucklebow. Full-width tang with slab grips of black hardwood secured by five rivets. Flat teardrop-shaped pommel. No scabbard. These swords are thought to have been used by one of the princely states of British India during the 19th century. Princely states were protectorates with a degree of autonomy and sometimes considerable wealth, which could raise and equip their own armies or even navies. The swords are somewhat scarce “ supposedly all extant examples were discovered as a group and exported together during the 1980s, presumably as a clearout of an old armoury. If true this suggests that they were a small custom order probably intended for a single unit. No scabbards appear to have survived, if they had one originally. The outside of the knucklebow is engraved in Hindi with what appears to be à¤&156; à¥ª à¥¦. In the Devanagari script à¤&156; is a consonant with the sound &#acute;ja&#acute; and à¥ª à¥¦ are numerals for &#acute;4 0&#acute;. I therefore believe this is a rack or serial number, essentially equivalent to &#acute;J40&#acute;. All other examples I can find use the à¤&156; prefix and two following digits “ I have noted &#acute;2 9&#acute; and &#acute;5 0&#acute;. Were there fewer than 100 examples? Its design is clearly inspired by standard-issue British Army swords of the 19th century, especially the 1853 Pattern Cavalry Trooper&#acute;s sword, which also uses a full-width tang, black slab grips secured by five rivets and a similar shaped quillon. This model in particular seems to have been well regarded in India “ the swords used by the cavalry of the Baroda State were also modelled on it. The blade reminds me somewhat of that of the Baker rifle bayonet: a similar length, unfullered, with a prominent false edge. Baker bayonets were often used as sidearms even beyond the life of the Baker rifle itself. However, some elements of its design are simpler than on British types, such as its unfullered blade and lack of leather covering on the grips, and its construction seems more artisanal than one would expect from British workshops or even larger Indian workshops like Rodwell & Co which made the Baroda swords. This may mean that the swords were made locally by blacksmiths. They are consistently referred to as &#acute;foot artillery&#acute; swords and this seems reasonable given their design, but I can find no hard evidence for it. They are certainly too short for cavalry use and their thick heavy blades (with essentially no distal taper until the last 12cm) are a far cry from the light, flexible and razor-sharp cutting swords favoured by most Indian swordsmen. Indian foot troops would have been shorter men than the British in that period, and if they were indeed artillerymen they would have also had to kneel while crewing guns without their sidearms getting in the way, and would not have been expected to fight hand-to-hand except in extremis. The blade has been sharpened along the true edge, the false edge is unsharpened. The blade has some spots of patination, one larger spot also with light pitting, some tiny divots which I think are imperfections in forging. Some undulation to the spine, possibly from hand manufacture, with patination to the recessed areas. Some areas of darker patination to the hilt and exposed tang. One grip slab is intact, the other has areas of chipping which partly expose the tang on the edge side and one of the rivets next to the pommel.

Nation : British
Local Price : £300

Click and use the code >25991 to search for this item on the dealer website Most Scarce German, ´Extra Long´ Mauser WW1 Regimental Issue Pattern 1898, "Neuer Art" Sword Bayonet used From the Invasion of Belgium & France in August 1914 181st Royal Saxon Infantry. By Simson & Co. Suhl.

Nation : -
Local Price : 410.00 USD

US 1902 PATTERN ARMY OFFICER’S SWORD. See The American Sword, Peterson #77 and pattern still in current use. This example dating to WWII with 32 5/8” curved broad fullered blade. Exceptional length for these reflecting the stature of the officer, as these were privately purchased. US, eagle, flags, military arms and foliage decoration to 2/3 of the blade. Finger stall composition grip. Hilt, and scabbard (undamaged) with virtually all plating intact. Very minor isolated smooth black staining to the blade. Original blade seat.

Nation : American
Local Price : 410.00 USD

AMERICAN SECRET SOCIETY SWORD. 19th century. Patterned after the privately purchased militia swords of the period. See Peterson #11. Gilt brass hilt with the gold mostly intact and bright. Spirally fluted white metal grip, probably tin. 24” d.e blade with the logo of The Pettibone Bros Cin O at the forte. The lack of the usual stars & bars logo to the langets and the metal grip identify this sword as for a secret society. After the Civil War, some secret societies were founded to perpetuate the ideals and goals of isolated interest groups. As their activities were socially unacceptable and sometimes illegal, their identity was hidden. This sword likely served a member of such a society.

Nation : German
Local Price : £295

Click and use the code >25904 to search for this item on the dealer website Superb K98 Mauser Combat Bayonet. Early to Pre War Manufacture 1939 By Coppel GmbH. Matching Bayonet & Nickel Plated Scabbard.

Nation : Italian
Local Price : £295.00

Italian M1938 Carcano Folding Bayonet. Description Single fullered knife blade with spear point. Steel hilt with muzzle ring and locking button for press-stud folding action, wood slab grips secured by two screws. Steel scabbard with angled steel belt loop. Blade 7 inches in length, the bayonet 11Â¼ inches overall. The &#acute;tang&#acute; (not actually connected to the blade) is stamped next to the muzzle ring with &#acute;H89155&#acute; as well as &#acute;PS&#acute; within an oval. This bayonet was initially issued with the M1938 Carcano infantry rifle and its &#acute;Moschetto&#acute; carbine version, its folding blade allowing the bayonet to be left affixed to the rifle rather than returned to the scabbard when not in use. However, the folding mechanism was found to be a point of structural weakness and the blade tended to rattle when locked open or locked closed (this bayonet is no exception, there is up-down as well as left-right movement in the locked position). During WW2 the M1938 was redesigned to be a fixed-blade bayonet, and many of the folding version were also converted to a fixed configuration with a new hilt piece. This makes the original unmodified folding types rarer today. The earliest folding M1938s used a latch-lock integrated into the grips to lock the blade, but this was quickly replaced with the less awkward button with an internal spring seen on this example. The folding & locking mechanisms are fully functional.

Nation : British
Local Price : £295.00

British 1888 Mk1 Type 1 Three Rivet Bayonet. #2508004. This is a rare 1888 Mk 1, Type 1 Lee Metford rifle bayonet. Very few of these were made before the Mk1 Type II was introduced. This bayonet is in fair condition for its 137 years of age and is highly collectable. A “must have” bayonet for all British bayonet collectors. The 303mm double-edged blade has a speckled patina and cleaned pitting. The ricasso bears a faint crowned VR cypher and numerous issue and re-issue dates with Birmingham stamps. The obverse ricasso is stamped with a WD, Broad Arrow and bend test X. Also present are a condemned mark and a sold out of service mark. The spine of the ricasso bears two Enfield factory inspectors marks. The wooden grip is in good, worn condition and shows age related wear with the iconic three brass rivets: two smaller and one larger. The wooden hilt scales are drilled with an oil hole on both sides below the two top rivets. The steel pommel and cross piece are in fair condition, with a speckled patina. The pommel bears the issue number 683. The press stud mechanism is in good working order. This is a tired, but fair example of a very rare British bayonet.

Nation : British
Local Price : £295

Click and use the code >13663 to search for this item on the dealer website 18th Long, Boot or Cloak Sword

Nation : British
Local Price : £295.00

Victorian / Edwardian Era Cane Sword Stick With Bone Handle & Diamond Section Dagger Blade. Sn 21326 -. An excellent original Victorian / Edwardian era Brown Malacca Sword Stick. It has a 16” flattened diamond section steel blade which is straight and undamaged and brass ferrule. The blade has staining consistent with age. The dagger measures 20 ½” overall. In its scabbard the sword stick measures 34 ¼” overall. It has a solid polished bone handle. The cane scabbard has a later applied brass end cap stamped ‘CC2L1.5’. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 21326

Nation : British
Local Price : £295.00

Victorian / Edwardian Era Bamboo Dagger Sword Stick With Flat Diamond Form Blade & Root Ball Handle. Sn 21165 -. A very good Victorian / Edwardian Era Sword Stick. It has a 10 ¾”flat diamond form dagger blade which has just staining consistent with age & tapers to a pin sharp point. It measures 18 ¾” overall and has a bulbous root ball handle. The sword stick measures 36” overall in its scabbard. The hilt has a brass ferrule with push button retaining catch which holds it firmly in the scabbard. The scabbard has a conical brass end cap. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 21165

Nation : -
Local Price : 405.00 USD

US 1902 SWORD FOR ALL OFFICERS. See The American Sword, Peterson #77. Pattern still in current use. This example among the earliest, probably WWI and before. 27 5/8” curved broad fullered blade, undecorated. The ricasso marked with retailer's name, RIDABOCK & CO, NEW YORK, (established 1847). Finger stall japanned grip integral with the pommel and backstrap. Plated scabbard with a few small nicks and the plating worn along the top edge. Hilt plating worn and oxidized. Early construction and condition indicative of considerable service. Exceptional character for these.

Nation : American
Local Price : 405.00 USD

US MILITIA NON COMISSIONED OFFICER’S SWORD, CIVIL WAR OR LATER. One of the many variants (see Peterson #11 and #12) which were purchased by state militias before, during and after the Civil War. Brass hilt with cruciform guard and shield form langets. Plumed helmet pommel and reded bone grip. 27 3/8” rounded face straight double-edged blade struck with a walking bear maker's mark at the forte. That mark is well known, but the subject of some confusion. It is recorded on some Civil War swords, but mostly later examples. It may be the mark of the Weyersberg family of sword makers who were active before the Civil War. Brass mounted leather covered steel scabbard, the screw for the bottom mount lacking. As with most undated swords of types used during the Civil War, dating is speculative. However, it would be perfectly at home in a Civil War collection.

Nation : -
Local Price : 3,800 kr

Sv polissabel ca:1900-1920.

Nation : French
Local Price : 395.00 USD

Pair 18th Century French Dueling Swords (epees).. Here is a very nice pair of French dueling swords dating to about 1775. During the 18th century it was stylish for French gentlemen to own a pair of dueling swords. Although many were never used they remained a status symbol of a gentleman. We offer a lovely decorated pair with “untouched” deep patina. Probably an attic find. Both have tall fish-skin grips (some small losses) with floral and cross hatch decorated pommels. The large counter-guards with flower designs. Deep patina overall. Both blades have an overall deep black/brown untouched patina and are about 31 + 32” long. ON SALE NOW! Be sure to check out our other listings for more great swords, arms and armor! Our direct email address is: fineartlimited@yahoo.com

Nation : American
Local Price : 395.00 USD

AMERICAN SECRET SOCIETY SWORD, LATE 19TH CENTURY. Late 19th century. Gilt hilt with bow tie form guard and plumed helmet form pommel retaining considerable original gold. Silvered white metal (probably zinc) grip. 23 1/2" blade. Completely unmarked suggesting a clandestine organization. While many secret societies promoted the welfare of their members and society in general, the binding element for some was a common hatred for another group. As well, the post-Civil War years saw a growing militancy among labor groups. Numerous violent encounters including armed conflicts and lynchings resulted in both cases. This sword evidently served one such group.

Nation : American
Local Price : 395.00 USD

US MILITARY ACADEMY CADET SWORD. Peterson #153. Brass hilt with white metal grip simulating silver wire wrap. The guard with vacant oval. 29” d.e. blade marked N S Meyer New York, (1875-1992) and MADE USA (1892 on). Peterson identifies this pattern as 1922 and therefore dating this example 1892-1922. Brass mounted plated scabbard (small dents to chape. Just storage aging with good patina. Blade excellent and bright.

Nation : American
Local Price : 3,700 kr

American bayonet w/1917 Whinchester.

Nation : British
Local Price : £285.00

British 1887 Pattern MkIV Martini Henry Sword Bayonet by Enfield, 1887. Description Straight unfullered spear-pointed blade. Steel hilt with comma-shaped quillon and stepped muzzle ring, steel beaked pommel. Chequered leather grips (technically, knurled) secured by four steel rivets, leaf spring locking mechanism secured to one side with a screw. Black leather scabbard with steel mounts at the throat and chape, with frog hook. The blade is stamped at the ricasso on one side with a crown over &#acute;V.R.&#acute; for Queen Victoria (this mark mostly erased by polishing with only the V.R. clearly visible), the manufacture date /87 for 1887, a reissue stamp 98 for 1898 and a crown inspection mark with &#acute;B&#acute;. It is stamped on the other side with a War Department mark of a broad arrow over &#acute;WD&#acute;, and a crown inspection mark with &#acute;E&#acute; for Enfield and an &#acute;X&#acute; indicating the blade passed a manufacturer&#acute;s bending test. The spine of the blade is stamped with two further crown inspection stamps for Enfield. The exposed tang is stamped with a Birmingham repair mark: a crown over &#acute;BR&#acute; over &#acute;66&#acute;. &#acute;N&#acute; and a chevron-shaped mark. The pommel is stamped with the serial number &#acute;5307&#acute;. The scabbard is stamped next to the throat with the serial number &#acute;5312&#acute;, which has been stamped over another mark which appears to read &#acute;CIF 200&#acute;. The 1887 Pattern bayonet was introduced into service in the face of the &#acute;British Bayonet Scandal&#acute; “ a controversy (eagerly whipped up by the media) that British Army bayonets were made of inferior metal and/or badly heat-treated, and the Army was outsourcing blade manufacture overseas to the detriment of British industry. The Government responded by centralising bayonet manufacture as much as possible at the RSAF in Enfield. Enfield produced two successive models of trials bayonets in 1886-7 in order to settle on the design for the new model, with 23,668 of the first and 23,569 of the second type. The final design having been worked out, Enfield then manufactured 36,400 new 1887 Pattern Mk I bayonets, but trials bayonets could also be put into service by converting them to the final design. 21,113 of the 23,668 second model trials bayonets were converted in 1887 to Mk I specification. The Mk II and Mk III models were all newly manufactured but in 1891, the Mk IV was approved. This model was another reuse of old stock: it was made initially out 22,845 (nearly all) of the 1st model trials bayonets, but later in 1894 1,196 of the Mk I bayonets were converted too. This bayonet lacks any of the &#acute;E-M&#acute; stamps seen on the trials models, suggesting it was a newly-made Mk I produced in 1887 then converted to Mk IV in 1894, which if true would make it uncommon among Mk IVs. The blade is bright with some old polishing marks, refinished during its service life either upon conversion or as part of the marked repair at Birmingham. A few tiny spots of cleaned pitting along its edge. Its tip is undamaged. The hilt is bright with a few tiny spots of patination, the pommel more mottled light patination. The leather grips have light handling wear, a spot of heavier wear to the knurling and one indentation on the leaf spring side. The scabbard fittings have some old polishing marks, light speckled patination to the throat piece, a couple of spots of heavier patination to the chape piece at the edge and at the very tip, the latter also with some light pitting. The leather of the scabbard is good with only light surface rubbing, a couple of small dents at the edges.

Nation : -
Local Price : 390.00 USD

PATRIARCHS MILITANT SECRET SOCIETY SWORD, LATE 19TH CENTURY. Gilt brass hilt with crossed eagle and wolf head Roman swords forming the guard. Globe form pommel with PATRIARCHAL CIRCLE inscription. Tape wrapped leather covered grip. 26” double edged blade decorated with foliage, sun in splendor, cornucopia, Peace Dove, Pillars of Hercules, standing Hercules, and maker's name, John D Jennings Grand Rapids MI. Iron scabbard with gilt high relief decorated mounts matching the hilt. The Patriarchs Militant was formed in 1885 by Civil War veterans who were members of the Odd Fellows, and became an independent branch.

Nation : -
Local Price : 385.00 USD

US 1902 PATTERN ARMY OFFICER’S SWORD. See The American Sword, Peterson #77 and pattern still in current use for most officer's other than Naval, Plated hilt with composition finger stall grip. 32 3/4” blade decorated over half its length with U S, foliage, Eagle and military trophies. The forte with THE AMERICAN MILITARY SUPPLY CORP NEW YORK Made in Germany. Etched proof opposite. Records indicate that the retailer was active in the 19th century-about 1941. Plated hilt and scabbard with light surface storage film should clean to bright about overall. Quillon with stable crack. Superior quality and construction including the decoration consistent with its early manufacture.

Nation : -
Local Price : 385.00 USD

ANCIENT ORDER OF UNITED WORKMEN SWORD. The first of the secret societies which offered the broad member brothership benefits and the model for the societies which followed it. Lovely high relied decorated hilt with ebony grip and heavy gold overlay guard, pommel and knuckle chain. 28” d.e. blade with M C Lilley/Columbus maker's name, decorated first half with owner's name, A O U W, crossed swords and heart and scrolling foliage, with heavy gold background. Plated scabbard with three matching gold overlay mounts. The plating interestingly displaying the A O U W on bare metal ground. A very rare example of masking the background and plating the exposed motif only. Scabbard shows some wear and dark staining to the bottom half. Fine display.

Nation : -
Local Price : 385.00 USD

VARIANT FORM SONS OF VETERANS SWORD. Based on the 1860 Staff & Field officers sword with crossed musket knuckle bow. The guard with Army, Navy and Artillery motifs surrounding interlaced S O V logo. All other examples which we found had an S V only logo. 28 1/2" straight blade. Founded in 1881, the Sons of Veterans was a sister organization to the GAR which restricted membership to Union Veterans of the Civil War. The SOV provided the benefits and fraternity to their sons separately avoiding the restriction.

Nation : British
Local Price : £280.00

British Lee Enfield No. 7 Mk 1 Land Service Bayonet. Description Single-fullered bowie knife blade with clipped point, blued for 5mm at the ricasso. Red-brown grips made of Paxolin (resin-impregnated paper, similar to Micarta, and widely used today in circuit boards). Steel scabbard with brass throat piece, khaki canvas No. 6 postwar 1937 Pattern frog with unstitched slit for the frog stud. Hilt and pommel blued. The blade is stamped on one side at the ricasso with &#acute;No 7 MK 1/L&#acute; and on the other side with a broad arrow War Department mark and what looks like a &#acute;C&#acute;. The hilt is stamped on one side with &#acute;P 9&#acute;. The pommel is faintly stamped on one side with another broad arrow and on its base with &#acute;V&#acute; over &#acute;114&#acute; and the letter &#acute;B&#acute;. The exposed track for the sliding button is stamped with a broad arrow War Department mark. The reverse of the frog is printed with a broad arrow and the partly rubbed maker&#acute;s mark &#acute;___AND LTD. 1955&#acute;. The penultimate model of bayonet designed for the Lee-Enfield No. 4 rifle and Sten Mk 5 submachine gun, the No. 7 was an attempt to produce a bayonet that was equally useful as a utility/fighting knife and a mounted bayonet, by way of an innovative rotating pommel which contains the locking mechanism. 330,000 were produced between 1944 and 1948, but doubts about the rigidity of the mechanism under stress and its high cost of manufacture meant that the No. 7 was largely passed over for the simpler No. 9. The bayonet designed for the ill-fated EM series of experimental bullpup service rifles was essentially a strengthened No. 7.

Nation : American
Local Price : 380.00 USD

AMERICAN SECRET SOCIETY SWORD. Knights of Pythias. Early 20th century. Plated hilt with knight's head pommel and dove form quillons. Shell guard with U R flanking a lily. Wire wrapped leather-covered grip (some wear to leather high spots). 28” double edged blade with owner's maker's name otherwise, unmarked. The Scabbard with high relief tasks of Hercules motif and Pythian devices. The Knights of Pythias was chartered in 1864 and among the first after the Civil War. These organizations provided their members a number of benefits from social status to, in extreme cases, physical backing against their adversaries.

Nation : German
Local Price : £275.00

German Ersatz Bayonet. WW1. Carter EB25. #2312006. This steel hilt ersatz bayonet was made in Germany in the early years of WW1 and is one of the rarer of the ersatz bayonets. The height of ersatz bayonet manufacturing was 1916, as the Imperial German war machine rushed to equip the huge number of new troops. This pattern of ersatz bayonet has been designated under Carter’s classification as EB25.The 316mm single-edged blade has a flat spine above a deep single fuller and terminates in a double-edged spear point. The blade retains its full length (it wasn't shortened for Turkish use) and is in good condition with minimal speckles of tarnish. The spine and ricasso both bear inspection stamps.The cast steel hilt is in excellent condition and has been re-painted. The long muzzle ears, false cross guard and birds-beak pommel are characteristic of the EB25. The press-stud attachment mechanism is in perfect working order. The blade is held firmly within the steel grip.The bayonet is complete with its original Ersatz scabbard which has been re-painted. The bayonet sheathes and draws smoothly and is held firmly within the scabbard.This is a highly desirable and rarely encountered Great War ersatz bayonet in very good condition and guaranteed genuine.

Nation : American
Local Price : £275.00

**1970’s 200 YEAR ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIVE**American Revolutionary War Wilkinson Sword London Small Sword With Etched Battle Site Names & Dates Blade. ED 2476 -. The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was an armed conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organised as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington fought the British Army. The conflict was fought in North America, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic Ocean. The war ended with the Treaty of Paris (1783), which resulted in Great Britain ultimately recognising the independence of the USA. In the 1970’s The English Sword makers Wilkinson Sword made swords styled on Revolutionary wars period examples to commemorate the war’s 200th Anniversary. Our commemorative example sword incorporates concepts of the American Revolution period. It is 27” overall length with a 21” long fullered steel curved blade. The blade is clean and is etched & blued at the ricasso with the Wilkinson Sword London name, crossed swords legend, ‘Made In England’ and QEII Royal Appointment. The sides of the blade below the fuller are blued & etched with Revolutionary war battle site names and dates alongside crossed swords symbols (all illustrated in the images). It has a cast gilt alloy re-curving cross guard with cast foliate decoration and grooved resin hilt which his bound with brass wire. The pommel has an acorn finial. The sword is without scabbard. The price includes UK delivery. ED 2476 (on top of gun rack armoury)

Nation : Austrian
Local Price : £275.00

Austro-Hungarian 19th Century Briquet Sabre by Pacholek. Description Curved unfullered hatchet pointed blade with false edge. One-piece cast brass hilt with ribbed grip, forward curving quillon with ball finial and simple knucklebow, domed pommel. No scabbard. Blade 25Â¼ inches (64.2cm) in length, the sword 30 5/8 inches (77.8cm) overall. The blade is stamped at the forte on one side with the maker&#acute;s mark &#acute;PACHOLEK GY _UDA_ES_&#acute;, some letters being only partially struck or double stamped. I believe this indicates the manufacturer György Pacholek of Budapest, Hungary. The same area is also stamped with &#acute;10S&#acute; over &#acute;1174&#acute; divided by a horizontal line, partly overstamping the maker&#acute;s mark, the numerals in an Austro-Hungarian style. Simple, sturdy and cheap to produce, the &#acute;briquet&#acute; sabre was found across Europe in the mid-19th century. Austro-Hungarian examples seem to be uncommon but may have been used for infantry or artillerymen. The blade has a quite even light patina, with a few small spots of darker patination. The edge has been sharpened, leaving visible grinding marks on the sides of the blade, and has a number of small nicks on its upper section. A few tiny dents to the brass hilt, which has a mostly even finish, with some darker patination on the quillon finial, pommel cap and on the top of the hilt next to the blade shoulder.

Nation : French
Local Price : £275.00

French M1886 Lebel Bayonet, Scarce Steel Grip Version. Description Straight cruciform epee blade, steel hilt with muzzle ring and rotating locking catch, black painted steel grip, tubular steel scabbard, brown leather frog. This bayonet pattern fitted to the M1886 Lebel and M1907 Berthier rifles used by the French Army during WW1. The black-painted steel grip was an expediency measure to increase production “ cupro-nickel was the original material, which was then replaced with brass or steel, of which steel is rarer. The blade is in good condition, with only a few small dings. The black paint of the grip is almost completely intact, only a small area showing flaking on one side. The hilt appears to have been blued and then likewise painted - some wear on raised edges which reveals the blueing or the steel beneath. The scabbard is likewise painted with some small areas of flaking, and is free of dents. The brown leather frog is flexible with no damage and only light surface rubbing in high-wear areas. Its brass buckle has an even patina.

Nation : French
Local Price : £275.00

French M1886 Lebel Bayonet, Scarce Steel Grip Version. Description Straight shortened cruciform epee blade, steel hilt with muzzle ring, black painted steel grip, tubular steel scabbard. Dark brown leather frog. Overall length 45.3cm (~18 inches) Blade length 33.5cm (~13Â¼ inches). The hilt is stamped with an inspection mark in the form of a cursive F and the serial number &#acute;7856&#acute;. The scabbard is likewise stamped with an inspection mark and &#acute;8907&#acute;. The 1886/93/16 bayonet pattern fitted to the M1886 Lebel and M1907 Berthier rifles used by the French Army during WW1, and was the third version of the M1886 (which was revised in 1893 and 1916). This version had a simplified flat locking button and was manufactured without the quillon found on earlier types. The steel grip was a variation, possibly an expediency measure to increase production “ German silver (cupro-nickel-zinc alloy) was the original material. In 1935 many of the various types of Lebel bayonets in the French arsenals had their blades shortened to around 13Â¼ inches by removing the slender tip and repointing. The shorter blades were considered less prone to breakage, and perhaps with the decline of the bayonet in warfare additional reach was less important than ease of carry. The scabbards were also modified to match “ this one has been cut down to size by removing the lower section then reattaching the chape finial. The steel grip appears to have been deeply blued to appear black, this finish is in good condition with only light rubbing from handling. The blade and hilt are also deeply blued to match “ notably, the repointed tip of the blade is bright where it has been ground, suggesting its bluing predates its shortening. The scabbard also has a blued finish, with some rubbing in places, and is free of dents. The leather frog is in good condition, all stitching intact and the leather quite flexible.