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A Caucasian silver mounted kindjal, the straight 33cm double-edged blade with deep off-set fullers, polished dark horn grip plaques set with twin iron studs, complete with its wood scabbard covered with black ass-hide, large silver locket and chape decorated overall with foliate patters in niello, good condition overall £200-250
Hammer Price: £330
A Russian kindjal, the 34cm double edged blade with triple grooves etched with scrolls, grip plaques of bone and dark polished horn, copper-gilt filigree studs, complete with its wood scabbard covered with red leather, suspension mount and finial en-suite with filigree work, good condition £200-250
Hammer Price: £490
An Ottoman kindjal, the 32cm blade with deep off-set grooves, remains of cartouche containing arabic inscription, one piece marine ivory grip mounted with two silver studs, contained in its wood scabbard covered with black ass-hide, brass locket and chape embossed and engraved en-suite with floral designs, grip split otherwise good condition overall £100-150
Hammer Price: £160
A Caucasian kindjal, the 35cm double edged blade with multiple grooves, polished dark horn grip plaques, silver niello mounts, wood scabbard covered with black leather with two large silver and niello mounts chased with floral patterns, the top mount with makers name and date in arabic, worn condition overall £80-100
Hammer Price: £270
An interesting presentation Malay kris, the 31cm blade now plated, wood hilt of characteristic garoda shape, contained in its wood scabbard which is covered in embossed silver, the top bearing a large silver plaque inscribed, ‘Presented to the 1st. battalion the Rifle Brigade by the Prime Minister and Government of The Federation of Malaya on completion of their battalions tour of duty in Malaya, November 1957’, top of scabbard refixed otherwise good condition £120-150
Hammer Price: £200
A Continental small-sword circa1750, the hilt of russet iron pierced and engraved with intricate floral decoration knucklebow and double shell-guard decorated en-suite, oval pierced pommel again en-suite, grip bound with copper-gilt wire with turk's heads, the earlier 79cm rapier blade of flattened diamond section signed in the central groove ‘Johannes Tesche’, good condition overall £300-350
Hammer Price: £300
A Continental small-sword circa 1740, the iron gilt hilt with knucklebow and double shell-guard, all finely pierced with trellis work oval madallions containing chiselled hunting horn and symbols of the chase etc., oval pommel en-suite, grip bound with silver-gilt wire alternating with russet ribbon inlaid with gold floral rivet heads, silver turk's heads, the 82cm hollow-triangular blade with remains of engraving, good condition overall £250-300
Hammer Price: £320
A French HM silver-hilted small-sword, Paris charge mark for 1763, the knucklebow and double shell-guard intricately pierced and chased with scrolls the sun in splendour etc., rounded square pommel decorated en-suite, grip bound with alternating heavy and fine twisted silver wire silver turk's heads, the 75cm hollow-triangular blade with remains of engraving, good condition overall £300-350
Hammer Price: £700
A good French HM silver mounted hanger circa 1780, cross-guard with recurved quillons and quillon block decorated with spiral fluting, ferrule with scalloped edge having engraved bands flat silver pommel, silver tang button, single piece green stained ivory grip cut with fine raised borders, the heavy straight 56cm triple fullered blade cut-down from an earlier broadsword blade, complete with its wood shagreen covered scabbard having top locket with hanging ring and frog-stud and chape...
Hammer Price: £720
An impressive presentation hunting sidearm by William Lund of Fleet Street, London, presented to a Madras Horse Artillery officer, of massive construction throughout, the heavy wide 50cm straight blade of flattened diamond section, struck with the makers details ' W.Lund, 24 Fleet Street, London', finely etched and engraved overall with scrolling foliage, spear pointed, the wide flat iron cross-guard pierced though with hearts, circles and four quatrefoils, large ribbed ferrule, stag-horn...
Hammer Price: £1,200
A Scottish HM silver mounted skien-dhu, the 9cm blade notched along the back edge, grip of dark wood carved with strapwork the pommel set with a cairngorm, complete with its silver mounted scabbard decorated en-suite, blade a little rust marked otherwise good condition £40-50
Hammer Price: £90
A fine quality Royal Navy officer's sword, by Dudley of Portsmouth, similar, although of smaller proportions, to that ordered for commanders in 1805, the slender straight 68cm blade with wide fullers, lightly frost etched with stands of arms and foliate patterns to both sides, copper-gilt mounted hilt, stirrup guard deeply cast and chased with acanthus leaves, sea shells and in the centre a cartouche containing the Prince of Wales’s feathers, the quillon formed by an ornate conch shell,...
Hammer Price: £4,100
A fine Royal Navy officer’s sword of the Royal Dockyard Battalion, the curved 79cm blade by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London, un-numbered, finely etched with crowned VR cypher, fouled anchor, foliate scrolls etc and Royal Dockyard Battn, retaining almost all original finish, regulation copper-gilt solid half-basket guard incoporating crowned fouled anchor, folding side guard, fish-skin covered grip bound with copper wire, hilt retaining its red and gold sword knot, complete with its...
Hammer Price: £600
A good Royal Navy officer’s sword for an officer of flag rank, the curved 74cm pipe-back blade by H. Blackmore, 55 Brook Street, Bond Street, London, finely etched with Royal Arms, fouled anchor, foliate scrolls etc, regulation solid half-basket guard incorporating a crowned fouled anchor, folding side guard, lions head pommel, fish-skin covered grip bound with copper wire, hilt retaining its original gold & blue bullion sword knot, complete with its black leather scabbard with copper-gilt...
Hammer Price: £980
A good Georgian midshipman's dirk of small proportions, the mounts of copper-gilt cross-guard chased with oak leaves ferrule with engraved bands, spirally ribbed tapering ivory grip, the 19cm blade of flattened diamond section retaining 100% blue and gilt decoration, complete with its copper-gilt scabbard chased with a stand of arms and herring-bone pattern, minor hairline cracks to grip and some service wear to gilding of reverse of scabbard, otherwise in fine condition throughout ...
Hammer Price: £1,300
A unusual Georgian Midshipman's Dirk, the mounts of copper-gilt cross-guard in the form of a downturned anchor, now reversed, the flukes forming the quillons, pommel in the form of a lion's mask, tapering round ivory grip with two bands of fluting, the straight 22cm blade of flattened diamond section evidently adapted from a marlin spike, complete with its copper-gilt mounted black leather scabbard, the locket with single hanging ring, gilding worn overall, crossguard refixed £200-250
A scarce sword belt from a Thirty Pound Lloyds’ Patriotic Fund sword, of dark blue morroco leather, embroidered with bullion scrolls and borders and sewn on sequins, fine quality copper-gilt lions mask mounts, serpents head buckle, complete with two sword slings, some service wear overall £400-500
Hammer Price: £410
A good Victorian officer's presentation sword of the Sudbury Company, 2nd. Volunteer Battalion Suffolk Regiment, 1827 pattern rifle regiment officers sword, the straight 84cm blade etched with crowned VR cypher a strung bugle and intricate foliate scrolls a presentation inscription appears within a zig-zagging ribbon 'Presented to Lieut. Colonel George Lancelot Andrewes on his promotion to field rank by the present & past officers and men of D (Sudbury) Co. 2nd Volr. Battn. Suffolk Regiment...
A Victorian officer's presentation sword of the Frodingham Company 1st. Volunteer Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, 1822 pattern infantry officers sword, the straight 84cm dumb-bell section blade by Samuel Brothers, 65 & 67 Ludgate Hill, London etched with crowned VR cypher within intricate foliate scrolls and within a scrolling ribbon a presentation inscription 'Presented by the members of the K Company (Frodingham) 1st.Volunteer Battalion Lincolnshire Regt. to George Dove Esq. JP on his...
A Victorian officer's presentation sword of the 1st. Surrey Rifles, 1822 pattern infantry officers sword the slightly curved blade by Pillin, Gerrard Street, Soho, London, etched with crowned VR cypher, strung bugle and 1st. Surrey Rifles owners initials TFW within a cartouche, a presentation inscription appears within a zig-zagging ribbon 'Presented to T. F. Were, by his comrades in No. 4 Company upon receiving his commission May 1875', regulation brass gothic hilt incorporating VR cypher...
Hammer Price: £250
A Victorian officer's presentation sword of the Oldbury Company Worcestershire Rifle Volunteers, 1827 pattern rifle regiment sword, slightly curved blade finely etched with sprays of laurel wreaths crossed Union flags, strung bugle and Worcestershire Rifles, and within a panel an unusual presentation inscription 'A.O.F. Court Battle Oak 2554 Presented to W.H. Hayward Esq. P.C.R. by the members as a token of respect and for his zeal in promoting the welfare of the Court, Oldbury, Feby.1866',...
Hammer Price: £880
A Victorian officer's presentation sword of the Bebington Company 1st Cheshire Rifle Volunteers, 1827 pattern rifle regiment officers sword, the slightly curved 81cm blade by G. Kenning, London, Manchester, Liverpool & Glasgow etched with crowned VR strung bugle foliate scrolls etc., and within a panel a long presentation inscription 'Presented to Major Alfred Ferguson by the officers, non commissioned officers & privates of the 4th. Bebington Company 1st. Cheshire Rifle Volunteers on his...
Hammer Price: £390
A Victorian officer's presentation sword of the Bridport Company 1st Dorset Rifle Volunteers, 1827 pattern rifle regiment officers sword the slightly curved 82cm blade by Robert Mole & Sons, Birmingham etched with crowned VR cypher foliate scrolls etc., and within a panel a presentation inscription 'Presented by the Non Comnd. officers & privates of the 1st Dorset R.V.C. to their Captain Comdt. Henry Saunders Edwards On the opening of their drill hall in Bridport Octr. 24th 1866 As a mark of...
A Royal Military College prize sword, an 1897 pattern infantry sword, the 89cm dumbell section blade by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London, No 59269 for 1921, etched with crowned GVR cypher, panels of foliate scrolls and within a central panel the presentation inscription ‘Royal Military College, Prize for Tactics, Gentleman Cadet [JUO] CA Wigham, July 1921’, regulation plated steel guard incorporating crowned GVR cypher, fish-skin covered grip bound with copper wire, complete with its...
Hammer Price: £500
A fine quality HM silver mounted presentation sword, presented to an officer for his gallantry at Givenchy in 1915 whilst serving with the 20th. [Blackheath & Woolwich] Battalion London Regiment, 1897 pattern infantry officer's sword the straight 83cm dumbell section blade by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London, No 50314 for 1915, finely etched with GVR cypher Royal Arms and intricate floral patterns and within a panel a presentation inscription 'Presented to Captain W M L Escombe DSO...
Hammer Price: £1,100
A magnificent cased silver-gilt officer’s presentation sword of the 4th. East York Artillery Volunteers, the straight 87cm flat-solid section blade by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London, No.12733 for1863, finely etched for its entire length with panels containing intricate foliate patterns, strapwork etc, reversed and intwined VR cypher, the arms of York, an English rose, a Scots thistle, regimental device of the 4th. East Yorks Artillery Volunteers, crossed cannons and motto ‘ Tu Ebor...
Hammer Price: £4,600
A Georgian officer’s presentation sword of the Ross-shire Local Militia, the deeply curved 77cm blade etched with the Royal Arms, a stand of arms and floral motifs etc., and within a scrolling ribbon a presentation inscription ‘Presented by the permanent non-commissioned officers of the 1st. Regiment Ross-shire Militia to Captn Simon Simpson their adjutant in testimony of the high sense they entertain of his conduct as an officer & gentleman towards them & the regiment in general’,...
An interesting British officer’s mameluke mounted with a Portuguese blade, the 78cm wide curved flat-solid section blade back-edged and with single narrow groove to either side, undecorated but for an engraved and gilt presentation inscription ‘....TENIENTE CORONEL RVANO AL CAPITAN JOHNS’ , the blade presumably presented by a Portuguese officer to a British officer who had seen service in the Penisula, copper-gilt mameluke hilt, cross guard cast and chased with acanthus, the ecusson...
Hammer Price: £800
A Georgian Volunteer officer’s sword, the curved 76cm blade with makers name to back edge J. J. Runkel, Solingen, single wide fuller, blue and gilt decoration for one third of its length incorporating stand of arms, classical helmet etc., retaining approx 50% of blue and gilt, copper-gilt stirrup guard chased with foliate patterns, herring-bone borders, ornate down-turned quillon, ferrule and shield-shaped langets chased with acanthus leaves, pommel in the form of a horse head with flowing...
Hammer Price: £1,400
A 1796 light cavalry officer’s sword, the curved 78cm blade blued & gilt for half its length retaining around 50% of the decoration crowned GR cypher Royal Arms stands of arms etc., the back edge marked Osborn warranted, regulation steel stirrup hilt, facetted pommel backstrap and ferrule, wood grip bound with silver wire, shield shaped langets, complete with its steel scabbard engraved within a cartouche Henry Osborn, Birmingham, blade rather stained, mounts lightly pitted overall...
Hammer Price: £680
A 1796 pattern Light Cavalry Officer’s sword, the curved flat-solid section 79cm blade back-edged for the last 28cm, undecorated but for the engraved legend ‘A faithful servant in the hands of the brave’ and on the reverse ‘Often drawn in the defence of my country, but never returned without glory’, steel stirrup guard, facetted back-strap and pommel, shield shaped langets, wood black leather covered grip bound with twisted silver wire, complete with its steel scabbard with two...
Hammer Price: £580
A variation 1796 pattern light cavalry officer's sword of the 6th. Bengal Light Cavalry circa 1820, the curved flat solid 87cm blade back-edged for the last 30cm, remains of decoration including clear IV BLC, steel stirrup guard ball quillon elongated pommel, the ferrule secured by a screw, oval langets, fish-skin covered grip bound with twisted silver wire, complete with its steel scabbard of flattened diamond section having two reeded bands with hanging rings, minor wear overall £450-500
Hammer Price: £620
An attractive Georgian infantry officer’s spadroon, the straight 82cm blade undecorated but for the Royal Arms which appear on both sides, copper-gilt knucklebow, small side-guard inset with a diamond, cushion shaped pommel and facetted ferrule, reeded ebony grip fitted with four copper-gilt ribs, retaining its red and gold bullion sword knot, complete with its blind tooled black leather scabbard, retaining top chape with single suspension ring and frog-stud, the mounts retain almost all...
A 1796 pattern heavy cavalry officer’s dress sword, the straight 82cm double edged blade with central groove, remains of blue and gilt decoration incorporating crowned GR cypher, royal arms, stand of arms Britannia etc typical copper-gilt hilt, boat shaped shell-guard, oval pommel, wood grip with twisted copper wire binding, complete with its steel scabbard with two split-ring hanging rings, blade and mounts rather rubbed otherwise good condition £400-500
A 1796 pattern heavy cavalry officer’s dress sword, the straight double edged 81cm blade with central groove containing makers name J.J. Runkell, regulation copper-gilt hilt, boat-shaped guard, oval pommel, wood grip bound with silver wire, retaining its red and gold sword knot, complete with with its black leather scabbard with three copper-gilt mounts, gilding worn overall otherwise good condition £350-400
A good 1796 pattern infantry officer’s sword, the straight 82cm blade retaining approx 75% of its blue and gilt decoration, incorporating crowned GR cypher, Royal Arms etc., copper-gilt regulation hilt, folding side guard, the urn shaped facetted pommel and quillon chased with acanthus, wood grip bound with silver wire, hilt mounts retaining almost all original gilding, and original red and gold bullion sword knot, complete with its blind tooled black leather scabbard with three...
Hammer Price: £1,500
A 1796 pattern infantry officer’s sword, the 82cm straight fullered blade retaining approx 65% of its blue and gilt finish, decorated with crowned GR cypher, Royal Arms etc, copper-gilt regulation hilt, non-folding side guard, quillon and urn shaped pommel chased with acanthus, wood grip bound with twisted silver wire, hilt mounts retaining almost all original gilding, complete with its black leather scabbard, with three copper-gilt mounts, the locket engraved with the makers details...
A 1796 pattern infantry officer’s sword, the straight 78cm blade etched with GR cypher etc., worn condition overall, lacking wire binding to grip £80-100
Hammer Price: £80
An unusual 1796 pattern infantry sword possibly for a sergeant, plain brass double shell-guard and knucklebow facetted urn shaped pommel, wood grip bound with copper wire, the straight 67cm blade by J J Runkel engraved with crowned GR cypher stand of arms etc., complete with its brown leather scabbard with matching locket and chape, quillon bent otherwise good condition overall £250-300
Hammer Price: £260
A Royal Horse Guards officer's dress sword, the straight 96cm blade etched with reversed and intwined crowned EVII cypher, foliate scrolls, regimental device and motto, battle honours to' Tel-el-Kiber 'and owners initials ' RFM ' within cartouche, regulation plated guard with applied brass decorations incorporating ' RHG ' device etc., chequered brass pommel with tang button, fish-skin covered grip bound with copper wire, buff liner and sword knot, complete with its plated scabbard with...
£1,000–£1,100
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