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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

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Local Price : 4,000 kr

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Local Price : 3,980 kr

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Nation : British
Local Price : £285.00 GBP

Edward VII 1821 Pattern Royal Artillery Officer's Sword. Edward VII 1821 Pattern Officer's Sword. Very good condition. Wilkinson trade blade, retailed by C Rock Woolwich."

Nation : Spanish
Local Price : €350,00

Espada de la Orden “Improved Order of Red Men”, la organización fraternal más antigua de Estados Unidos. Ejemplar de hacia 1900.. Decorada guarnición en metal plateado. La cruz de gavilanes está formada por una corona de plumas, flechas, arco, hacha de guerra y otros motivos, incluye las iniciales “UR-RM” (Uniform Rank – Red Men). Pomo conformando un águila sobre casco. Vaina de hierro, sus abrazaderas caladas muestran un águila voladora y dos hachas cruzadas. Hoja con grabados decorativos en su primera mitad. Nombre del propietario en un costado “Martin Cline”.Â Marca del fabricante en el recazo “The Henderson Ames Co – Kalamazoo – Michigan”. Muy buena conservación. Algunos picados y manchas en la vaina. Hoja en excelente estado. Longitud total 96,5 cm., hoja 78,5 cm., anchura base hoja 16 mm. Images courtesy of ANTIGUEDADES SALA (https://armasantiguas.com)

Nation : Spanish
Local Price : 385.00 USD

SPANISH NON COMMISSIONED OFFICER’S SWORD, 20TH CENTURY. Probably dating to the Spanish Civil War of 1936-9 or before. Brass hilt with lion head pommel and cross on eagle motif shell guard. Two piece countered wood scale grip. 30 ¼” slab side blade evidently patterned after the Japanese blades of the Russo-Japanese War and WWI. The ricasso with faint maker's mark and SPAIN. Uniform ageing as expected.

Nation : Italian
Local Price : £275.00 GBP

Italian M1860 Cavalry Sabre. Italian M1860 Cavalry Sabre. Huge sabre with a clean blade."

Nation : Swiss
Local Price : £275.00

Swiss M1914 Schmidt-Rubin Sawback Bayonet. Description Straight spear pointed blade with sawback, swell point and false edge, with single fuller on one side, the other side completely flat. Steel hilt with upper muzzle ring and lower lobe quillon, beaked steel pommel with locking button. Wood slab grips secured by two steel rivets. Steel scabbard with ball finial, frog loop near the throat with attached leather strap. Brown leather frog. The blade is stamped at the ricasso with the manufacturer &#acute;Elsener Schwyz&#acute;, and on the hilt with the serial number &#acute;687845&#acute;. The lobe quillon is stamped with a Swiss cross. The scabbard throat is stamped with &#acute;P&#acute; and its finial is stamped with a Swiss cross. The reverse of the frog is stamped with &#acute;F Christen Sattler Bern&#acute;, the leather goods manufacturer (Sattler = Saddler) and &#acute;43&#acute;, probably the manufacture date, as well as an &#acute;A&#acute; within a cartouche (there should also be a Swiss cross with this, but it was more shallowly stamped and has rubbed away) and the scratched initials &#acute;R D&#acute;, probably a soldier&#acute;s name. Offically called the Sägebajonett Mod. 1914 (Sawing Bayonet Model of 1914), the M1914 bayonet for the Schmidt-Rubin rifle was based upon the earlier M1878 and M1881 bayonets for the Vetterli rifle, with a similar sawback blade combined with the hilt design from the M1889 Schmidt-Rubin bayonet. The blade is unusual in that it is flat on one side and with a ground edge on the other. It has a &#acute;sawback&#acute;, saw teeth cut into the spine of the blade intended to make it useful for field work like cutting brush. The M1914 was only issued to certain troops such as transport NCOs, artillery drivers and engineers, while most troops carried a shorter knife blade without the sawback. It was used with the M1911 carbine and M1931 (K31) short rifle. The all-steel scabbard seen with this example was introduced in 1938 for new production, and the previous leather scabbards replaced as they wore out. The blade is bright and clean overall, with only the expected rubbing marks from sheathing and drawing on the flat side. The saw has seen light use: three saw teeth have broken points and a few show burrs or light chipping. The wood grips are in good condition with a couple of light dents. The steel scabbard is free of dents and retains almost all of its original blued finish, with some rubbing to the finial and edges exposing bright steel. The leather frog is flexible with all its stitching intact and only light rubbing to the surface “ its steel rivets and buckle are bright.

Nation : German
Local Price : £275.00

German WW1 S98/05 a.A Bayonet. 1915. #2308004. Original WW1 German S98/05 aA “Butchers’ Blade” bayonet made by C. G. Haenel of Suhl in 1915.The 365mm single edged blade has a wide, single fuller below a flat spine tapering to a spear point. The blade is 26mm wide at the ricasso and flares to a width of 32mm before tapering to a point, earning it the nickname, “Butchers’ Blade” because of its similarity to such knives.The ricasso is stamped with the makers’ details. The spine carries the Royal Cypher of Kaiser Wilhelm II, King of Prussia above the date stamp ’15 (1915) and a crowned acceptance stamp. The blade is in very good condition with faint scabbard wear and use-related scratches.The steel of the hilt is bright and rust free. The steel bears numerous inspection stamps. The screws that hold the wooden scales in place are stamped on both sides, the front of the mortice slot is stamped and the pommel bears two stamps. The press-stud mechanism is also stamped and is in good working order.The wooden scales are held firmly in place and are in good condition with use related wear and marks.The bayonet is complete with its original first pattern steel mounted brown leather scabbard. The scabbard is in very good condition. The steel locket and chape bear inspection stamps. The stitching is intact and tight. The bayonet sheathes and draws smoothly and is held firmly within the scabbard.This is an excellent example of an alte Art WW1 S98/05 bayonet.

Nation : Turkish
Local Price : £275.00

Turkish N.C.O. Gallipoli Campaign Sword and Scabbard by Manufacturer E&F Horster Solingen. ED 2342. -. The Gallipoli campaign, the Dardanelles campaign, the Defence of Gallipoli or the Battle of Gallipoli was a military campaign in the First World War on the Gallipoli peninsula (now Gelibolu) from 19 February 1915 to 9 January 1916. The Entente powers, Britain, France and the Russian Empire, sought to weaken the Ottoman Empire, one of the Central Powers, by taking control of the Ottoman straits. This would expose the Ottoman capital at Constantinople to bombardment by Entente battleships and cut it off from the Asian part of the empire. With the Ottoman Empire defeated, the Suez Canal would be safe and the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits would be open to Entente supplies to the Black Sea and warm-water ports in Russia. This example has the E&F Horster Solingen mark to one side and Turkish calligraphy *feint* inscribed to both sides, with a black painted D guard and ribbed ebony grips bound with woven steel wire. Complete with its original steel scabbard which retains much of its paint and frog stud. Blade measuring; 25 ½ “- 30 ½ “overall. The price includes UK delivery. ED 2342. (Bucket)

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 : Indian
Local Price : £275.00

WW1 Indian Troops Talwar (Aka Talwaar Or Tulwar) Fighting Sword / Sabre Regiment Marked ‘NBA’ (Most Likely A Nepaese Unit) & Khaki Field Covered Scabbard. Sn 21979:5 -. The talwar (also spelled talwaar and tulwar, is a type of curved sword or sabre from the Indian subcontinent). Like many swords from around the world with an etymology derived from a term meaning simply ’sword’. The typical Talwar is a type of sabre, characterised by a curved blade (without the radical curve of some Persian swords), possessing an all-metal hilt with integral quillons and a disc-shaped pommel (sometimes called the ’Indo-Muslim hilt’ or ’standard Indian hilt’). The Talwar was used by both Cavalry and Infantry. When a blow was struck by a skilled warrior, limbs could be amputated and persons decapitated. The spike attached to the pommel could be used for striking the opponent in extreme close quarter circumstances when it was not always possible to use the blade (see pages 601 and 602 of A Glossary of Arms & Armor by Stone where similar Talwars are described and illustrated). Our example From the WW1 era is of the type issued to Indian troops. It has all of the correct Talwar characteristics such all metal construction, small grip, disc with point pommel, curved 30 ½” long, fullered sabre blade, knuckle guard and hilt langets. The Talwar measures 35 ½” overall length. The Talwar has even patina and the blade has just light staining consistent with age. The blade has small unknown inspection marks (illustrated). The hilt is Regiment marked ‘NBA’ (Most Likely A Nepaese Unit) above weapon number ‘746’. The sword is accompanied by its original olive khaki canvas covered wood scabbard indicating WW1 issue. The scabbard has a steel chape. The scabbard is clean with just the lower part of the rear seam of the khaki cover becoming open with age related shrinkage. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 21979:6

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 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.

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 : German
Local Price : £275.00

Imperial German WW1 Era Kinder (Child’s) Dress Sabre With Lion’s Head Pommel Scabbard. Sn 16199 -. This is an excellent Original Imperial German Era Kinder (Child’s) Dress Sabre With Scabbard. The sword has crossed sabres insignia on a foliate background on the langet and a plain shield reverse langet. It has a fish skin wire bound grip. The wire is tight and intact. It has flat knuckle bow and Lion’s head pommel with mane grip strap. The cross guard finial is ‘Puma’s head’ form. The sabre measures a short 30” overall and a 25” single edged, curved blade with fullers. The blade has light staining consistent with age. The ricasso has a very faint indistinct trademark obscured by one of the langets. The blade is fitted with original leather hilt washer. The sabre is complete with its original black painted steel scabbard with 2 steel hanging rings and shoe. The scabbard has no dents but the original paint has surface wear to be expected. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 16199

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Local Price : £275.00

Argentine Model 1909 Infantry NCO&#acute;s Machete Sidearm. Description Single-edged blade with a swell towards the point, 14Â¾ inches in length (just under 20 inches overall). Steel S-shaped hilt, exposed tang and beaked pommel, wood grips secured by two rivets with washers. Blued steel scabbard with teardrop frog stud. The ricasso of the blade is stamped on one side with the Argentinian coat of arms surrounded by the text &#acute;Modelo Argentino 1909&#acute;, and on the other with &#acute;Weyersberg Kirschbaum & Co. Solingen&#acute;, the manufacturer. Both the hilt and the scabbard are stamped with the serial number &#acute;E01821&#acute;, indicating they are a matching pair. The pommel is stamped &#acute;RA&#acute; within a circle, a government mark of the Republica Argentina. There are a few marks of individual letters with a cross on various components, these may be factory inspection marks. The spine of the blade has an &#acute;A&#acute;, the hilt a &#acute;P&#acute;, and the scabbard a &#acute;D&#acute;. The design of the 1909 sidearm was clearly inspired by the German Model 1898/05 bayonet: its blade is almost identical in shape and thickness, being just a fraction longer and without a fuller. Its scabbard and frog are also very close facsimiles. This example is one of those made by a German manufacturer and exported; some were also produced locally in Argentina. These sidearms were still carried by Argentinian NCOs by the time of the Falkands War in 1982. After Argentine forces surrendered to the British on June 14 their small arms were piled up by the thousand in the Islands&#acute; capital Port Stanley, where most Argentine forces had been deployed or driven back to, as well as at their smaller garrisons at Goose Green and on West Falkland. Anecdotally, I have been told it was their artillerymen who were seen surrendering M1909 sidearms. The bayonets and sidearms frequently became personal trophies or souvenirs for British soldiers as they would not be illegal to own in civilian life. This example is almost certainly one such &#acute;bring-back&#acute;. The blade has some spots of patination and no edge damage. The hilt, pommel and exposed tang are likewise clean. The wood grips are in very good condition with no chipping, only a few surface dents. The scabbard is free of dents and retains much of its original blued finish, with some rubbing to the sides, the chape and where it would contact the frog when worn.

Nation : German
Local Price : £275

Click and use the code >15218 to search for this item on the dealer website Most Scarce Antique 1842 Swiss Sharpshooters Sword

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Local Price : 3,750 kr

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Nation : American
Local Price : £265

Click and use the code >25109 to search for this item on the dealer website WW2 Circa 1943 Knife Bayonet for M1 Garand Rifle & Model M1, in its Olive Green, US Flaming Grenade Stamped Scabbard

Nation : African
Local Price : £265

Click and use the code >22536 to search for this item on the dealer website Good And Most Interesting Tuareg Nomadic Berber Sword From The Western African Regions To North Africa

Nation : French
Local Price : €320,00

Espada francesa de Oficial, periodo Luis Felipe I, reinó entre 1830 y 1848.. Guarnición en latón dorado. Pomo conformando una cabeza de gallo (emblema clásico de Luis Felipe). Concha frontal presenta un gallo cuya pata descansa sobre un globo terráqueo. Cachas de nácar. Hoja recta. Buena conservación. Desgastes en los grabados de la hoja. Dorado restaurado. Longitud total 95 cm, hoja 82 cm. Images courtesy of ANTIGUEDADES SALA (https://armasantiguas.com)

Nation : British
Local Price : £260.00

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, khaki canvas frog. 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 &#acute;10&#acute;. The pommel is stamped on one side with a broad arrow War Department mark and &#acute;P&#acute; over &#acute;03&#acute;. The exposed track for the sliding button is stamped with a broad arrow War Department mark and faint lettering. The frog is printed with what appears to be a serial number &#acute;22352631&#acute; and &#acute;SO&#acute;. This is faint from rubbing so is a best guess. 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 : British
Local Price : £260.00

British WW1 1913 Pattern Bayonet, Dated 1917 by Winchester. Description Straight single-fullered knife blade, steel hilt with muzzle ring, wood slab grips with characteristic pair of cut grooves on each slab, secured by two screws. Steel beaked pommel with oil hole and locking button. Black leather scabbard with steel locket & chape piece, black leather frog with retaining loop. The ricasso is stamped on one side with &#acute;1913 4-17 W&#acute;, indicating that it is the 1913 Pattern, manufactured in April 1917 by Winchester. On the other side it is stamped with a &#acute;broad arrow&#acute; War Department stores mark, two crown inspection marks with &#acute;A&#acute; for America and an &#acute;X&#acute; indicating that it passed a manufacturer&#acute;s bending test. The leather section of the scabbard is stamped next to the seam with &#acute;C.H.V.&#acute; while the chape piece is stamped next to the staple with &#acute;GF&#acute; within a circle. The rear of the frog is stamped with &#acute;I&#acute;. The U.S. made 1913 Pattern bayonets, having identical blades to the British 1907 Pattern, were entirely compatible with British scabbards and vice versa. This scabbard is the US type which lacks a frog stud. Inspired by the German Mauser M98 rifle, the experimental Pattern 1913 Enfield was intended to be the next generation British infantry rifle, firing the new .276 cartridge. The outbreak of war curtailed its development and the well-established SMLE was retained in service instead. However with an urgent need for rifles the government opted to redesign the 1913 to take the existing .303 cartridge, calling this new rifle the Pattern 1914 (NB: the bayonet&#acute;s design did not require modifications, therefore it remained the &#acute;1913 Pattern&#acute; bayonet). The production of these rifles and their bayonets was contracted to American manufacturers “ an early handful were made by Vickers but it was clear that British plants were best left to make the SMLE. Winchester produced the 1914 Pattern and its associated bayonet between 1916 and 1917. It was the rarer of the two US manufacturers of the bayonets, producing 225,000 bayonets compared with the 1,243,000 produced by Remington, and the rarest US manufacturer of the rifles, behind Remington and Remington&#acute;s subsidiary Eddystone. The 1914&#acute;s design was vindicated in that it proved to be more accurate than its predecessor and it was deployed principally as a sniper rifle, the Winchester-made rifles in particular thought to be of high quality, suitable for fitting with telescopic sights. It saw service again during WW2 as rear echelon equipment, e.g. with the British Home Guard, although some were again used in a sniper configuration. The distinctive pattern of frog that has been fitted suggests that it this bayonet was issued to the Home Guard during WW2. The 1913 Pattern should not be confused with the M1917 Enfield, also known as the &#acute;American Enfield&#acute;, which was essentially the same rifle design, this time adopted by the Americans and rechambered in their own .30-06 Springfield cartridge. Its bayonet was also essentially the same as the British model, but with US service marks and a &#acute;1917&#acute; pattern stamp. The blade has no damage to its edge, fractional wear at the tip (>1mm). It retains its original parkerised finish and blued area at the ricasso. The hilt, exposed tang and pommel have a blued finish. The wood grips have a few small dents. The throat piece of the scabbard is bright with traces of blueing, the chape piece is blued with small areas of black lacquer. The frog is flexible with some rubbing to the belt loop and retaining loop. The leather body of the scabbard is glossy with only very light scratches and dents.

Nation : British
Local Price : £260.00

British WW1 1888 Pattern Bayonet, 6th Battalion The Welsh Regiment (Glamorgan Battalion). Description Unfullered spear pointed blade, wood scale grips with two brass rivets. Steel pommel and hilt with short quillon and muzzle ring. Black leather Land Mk II pattern scabbard with steel throat and leather chape. The blade is stamped on one side of the ricasso with a (faint) crown over &#acute;VR&#acute;, the production date of &#acute;9 &#acute;97&#acute;, meaning September 1897, and the maker&#acute;s mark &#acute;Wilkinson London&#acute;. On the other side it is stamped with a broad arrow meaning War Department property, a crown inspection mark with &#acute;W&#acute; for Wilkinson and an &#acute;X&#acute; which indicates that the blade passed a manufacturer&#acute;s bending test. The spine of the blade is stamped with two further crown inspection marks with &#acute;W&#acute;. The pommel is stamped with the unit mark &#acute;6. WEL&#acute;, indicating the Queen&#acute;s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) and the number &#acute;735&#acute;. The exposed tang is stamped with &#acute;2&#acute;. The throat of the scabbard is stamped on each side of the mouth with a broad arrow, and with the serial number &#acute;160&#acute;. The scabbard leather is stamped next to the seam on one side with a broad arrow, the production date &#acute;03 and indistinct marks, probably a crown inspection mark. The 3rd Glamorganshire Rifle Volunteer Corps (Swansea Rifles) was formed in 1859, as part of the widespread Volunteer Movement of the period. As a Volunteer unit it went through many administrative changes but no deployment until the Second Boer War, when it contributed a detachment of volunteers to serve overseas. These men earned the unit&#acute;s first battle honour &#acute;South Africa 1900“1902&#acute;. In 1908 the Haldane Reforms brought Volunteer units into the new Territorial Force and linked them to regular regiments “ the Swansea Rifles therefore became the 6th (Glamorgan) Battalion of the Welsh Regiment, still headquartered at Swansea and forming part of the Territorial Force&#acute;s South Wales Brigade. The Welsh Regiment had been formed in 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms, amalgamating the 41st (Welch) and 69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiments of Foot. On the outbreak of WW1 the battalion volunteered for overseas service and landed in France in October 1914. Territorial battalions were typically deployed still carrying the Lee Metford rifle and 1888 Pattern bayonet, supplies of the Lee Enfield being limited. The 6th Battalion initially served on the lines of communication rather than on the front lines, but attrition caused Territorial battalions to be used in 1915 to reinforce regular brigades. The 6th Battalion (technically the 1/6th by this stage as a replacement 2/6th Battalion was formed as a second line unit in December 1914) therefore joined the 84th Brigade (28th Division), reinforcing the 1st Battalion Welsh Regiment, with which it fought in the Battle of Loos. In 1916 the 6th was moved to the 1st Division, serving as their Pioneer Battalion. In this role it would contribute working parties to assist the division&#acute;s complement of Royal Engineers with their various field tasks, but retained a supporting combat role and would take part in offensives. 1st Division took part in many further actions until the end of the war including the Battle of the Somme, Third Battle of Ypres and the Hundred Days Offensive. The 6th Battalion reformed after WW1 as a Territorial Army unit, absorbing the 7th Battalion. With a growing emphasis on air warfare, the battalion became the 67th Searchlight Regiment in 1938. During WW2 it defended the industrial areas of South Wales against early small-scale Luftwaffe bombing raids, then deployed to protect Cardiff against much larger raids during the Blitz. In 1940 searchlight units were brought under the Royal Artillery, and the battalion remained with the Artillery even after the war. After several amalgamations, the lineage of the original Glamorgan Battalion is today maintained by 211 (South Wales) Battery of 104th Regiment Royal Artillery (The Welsh and Borderer Gunners), an Army Reserve light artillery unit. The blade has some light speckled patination. The tip of the blade has been shortened, possibly by breakage while in use, and has been reshaped and resharpened, with visible grinding marks. There are some minor nicks to the edge and the faint crown mark suggests that the blade may have been repolished above the shoulder. Â The wood grips have some light dents. The hilt and pommel have some patination and pitting. The throat piece of the scabbard has pitting and patches of dark patination. The leather of the scabbard has some rubbing and denting, one small spot of green paint, and one notch on the reverse side. The chape end of the scabbard is slightly kinked, but does not interfere with sheathing and drawing.

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Local Price : 3,600 kr

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