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An unusual 1821 pattern light cavalry officer’s sword, the plain straight 85cm blade by A.C.F.A. & Sons, Bhera, struck with the makers details at the forte otherwise completely undecorated, wide single fuller, back-edged and spear-pointed, regulation steel three bar guard, plain domed pommel, backstrap chequered for half its length, wood grip covered with polished brown leather, bound with silver wire, complete with its wood scabbard covered with dark brown leather, steel throat and large ste...
Hammer Price: £180
An 1821 pattern light cavalry officer’s sword, the curved 81.5cm undecorated pipe-back blade back-edged for the last 25cm, regulation steel three-bar guard, stepped pommel and tang button, fish-skin covered grip bound with silver wire, complete with its Indian made wood scabbard covered with black ass-hide, mounted with good quality silver Indian made top locket and chape, both pierced through en-suite with a repeat feather pattern, the locket with beaded borders and raised ridged frog-stop,...
Hammer Price: £360
An1821 pattern light cavalry officer’s sword, by Ranken & Co. Calcutta, the slightly curved 86cm blade etched with crowned VR cypher and scrolling foliate panels, regulation steel 3 bar guard stepped pommel and unchequered backstrap, fish-skin covered grip bound with copper wire, complete with its steel scabbard with two hanging rings, blade retaining almost all original finish, hilt and scabbard lightly rust patinated overall £150-200
Hammer Price: £160
An unusual custom built 1821 pattern light cavalry officer’s sword, the straight double-edged 83cm blade of flattened diamond section, by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London, Number 30080 for 1890, blade undecorated except for makers cartouche and proof mark which in this case is an ornate etched ‘W’ within the usual cartouche, regulation three-bar steel guard, chequered pommel, fish-skin covered grip bound with silver wire, complete with its steel scabbard with two hanging rings, grip with sm...
Hammer Price: £400
Two 1821 pattern light cavalry trooper’s swords, the first with 90cm blade stamped ‘Deakin’ on the back edge, regulation steel 3 bar guard, eared backstrap and leather covered grip. Together with a second similar sword, no makers name visible, the first with some severe rust damage to blade and both lacking scabbards £100-120
Hammer Price: £140
An 1831 pattern general officers mameluke for General George Nicholas Channer, C.B., V.C., the curved 80cm blade by Edward Thurkle, Soho, London, of flat solid section with clipped back back-edge etched with crowned VR cypher, crossed baton and scimitar, panels of foliate strap work etc., regulation copper-gilt hilt mounts the cross-guard quillons terminating in cushion finials, the ecusson filled with a baton and scimitar, back-strap engraved in a repeat zigzag pattern and Ivory grip plaques...
Hammer Price: £800
A custom built scroll hilt cavalry officer’s sword, the slightly curved 86cm pipe-back blade, back-edged for the last 25cm, lightly etched and engraved with stands of arms foliate scrolls etc., the pipe-back also etched with a repeat running pattern of leaves, there is no royal cypher displayed, steel scroll guard similar to that ordered for the heavy cavalry in 1821, unusual plain steel back-strap, fluted pommel and ferule, wood grip covered with brown polished leather bound with twisted cop...
Hammer Price: £280
An unusual custom built solid-patent tang cavalry officer’s fighting sword, by Reeves, the heavy 90cm blade struck on the back edge ‘Reeves patent’, single wide fuller back-edged and spear-pointed, undecorated but for the retailer’s details within a cartouche ‘Millan & Mann, George Street, Edinburgh’, steel bowl guard pierced through with a ‘Maltese Cross’ device, simple border engraving following the outline of the cross and around the edge of the guard, two slots to the back of the guard, t...
Hammer Price: £650
An 1896 pattern heavy cavalry officer’s sword, by Harman & Co. Calcutta, the straight 92 cm blade etched with crowned VR cypher and foliate scrolling, regulation steel scroll guard, chequered pommel and backstrap, fish-skin covered grip bound with silver wire, complete with its steel scabbard with two hanging rings, good condition overall £200-250
Hammer Price: £260
A 1912 pattern cavalry officer’s sword for Frank Bernard Lane, OBE, 4th. Cavalry, Hodson’s Horse, the straight 89cm regulation blade by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London, number 60161 for 1924, etched with crowned GVR cypher and royal arms, foliate strapwork etc., makers details including ‘By warrant’ the back edge etched ‘London Made’ regulation plated bowl guard and stepped pommel, fish-skin covered grip bound with copper wire, complete with its wood scabbard covered with brown leather wit...
Hammer Price: £420
An English silver hilted ‘Queen Anne’ smallsword, 80cm colichimade blade, silver double shell-guard, knucklebow, and pear shaped pommel, barrel shaped grip bound with silver wire, hallmarked for London 1721, makers mark possibly MH for Micah Wilkins, good condition overall £400-450
Hammer Price: £460
An English hanger probably Hounslow, circa 1630, the curved 62cm blade with wide central fuller and remains of decoration, iron down turned curved shell guard of distinctive form chiselled with floral borders and a lattice pattern within encrusted with silver pellets, iron ferule and pommel en-suite, chequered ebony grip, lacking knuckle-guard, and rather worn overall £150-200
Hammer Price: £480
An interesting silver mounted dirk, circa 1790, the 65cm straight blade of flattened diamond section, wide silver propeller shaped cross-guard, square reeded ebony grip with silver ribbon inlay, silver ferrule and pommel with simple engraved borders, the latter with attached silver chain uniting it with the cross-guard, good condition overall, lacking scabbard £100-150
Hammer Price: £240
An ornate mameluke for an officer serving in India, by Ranken & Co. Calcutta, the slightly curved 84cm blade of flat-solid section, well etched with ornate scrolling foliate patterns and a vacant cartouche to either side, no royal cypher, ornate cast and chased copper-gilt cross-guard terminating in ornate quillons, the ecusson filled with a lotus blossom, foliate engraved back-strap, plain ivory grip plaques with no rosettes, complete with its copper-gilt scabbard with three large heavy moun...
Hammer Price: £750
A silver mounted mameluke for an officer serving in India, the 75cm curved Indo-Persian blade of watered steel, silver cross-guard border engraved with a repeat floral design, button finials, silver back-strap engraved borders filled with a zig-zag pattern, two piece ivory grip plaques, wood scabbard covered with black leather, two silver hanging rings en-suite with the hilt mounts, and small silver chape, blade with some areas of pitting, scabbard leather well replaced £300-350
An unusual cavalry sword, by Henry Wilkinson, the heavy deeply curved 91cm blade undecorated and stamped simply Wilkinson London at the forte the solid steel guard pierced with two small circular holes and with provision for a sword knot, no backstrap, large steel oval pommel, solid hardwood chequered grip of similar shape to that found on an Indian tulwar, complete with its wood scabbard covered in black leather with massive steel chape fully 65cm long, good condition overall, scabbard leath...
Hammer Price: £500
A scarce 1821 pattern light cavalry sword for an officer of the North West Provinces Police, the straight 89cm blade by R B Rodda & Co. Calcutta, etched on both sides with crowned badge containing VR cypher, and ‘N.W.P. & Oudh Police Force 1857-58’, amid floral scrolls, regulation steel 3 bar guard, chequered pommel and partly chequered backstrap, fish-skin covered grip bound with silver wire, complete with its wood scabbard covered with brown leather, steel top locket and chape, some service...
Hammer Price: £380
A good Madras Artillery officer’s sword, the slightly curved 87.5cm blade retailed by Landon, Morland & Landon, 7 New Burlington Street, London, finely etched with a cannon within sprays of laurels surmounted by a crown and on the reverse a winged lightning motif and ‘Madras Artillery’, owner’s initials within an ornate cartouche ‘C H H’ all surrounded by intricate scrolling foliage, regulation 3-bar guard, fish-skin covered grip bound with copper wire, complete with its steel scabbard with t...
Hammer Price: £700
A scarce regimental special pattern solid patent tang cavalry sword for a native officer or trooper of the 3rd. Bengal Cavalry, Skinner’s Horse, the heavy wide straight 91.5cm blade by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, numbered on the back edge 469, fully 40cm wide at the shoulder, back-edged and spear-pointed, solid steel guard undecorated but for the regimental device ‘3 BC’ in the form of a large brass badge secured to the guard by three small internal rivets, the number 469 again struck on the...
A continental attack hilted cavalry sword probably Austrian, the undecorated 82cm pipe-back blade struck at the forte ‘P.D.L.’ steel stirrup guard with single spring loaded swivelling side bar, plain back-strap and fluted pommel, ribbed leather covered grip, complete with its steel scabbard, some rusting to inner guard, scabbard lacking suspension ring £100-150
Hammer Price: £190
A French silver mounted hanger, the slightly curved 54cm blade with wide central groove, fluted ebony grip, silver cross guard and distinctive ‘bucket’ shaped pommel, silversmith’s mark for Louis-Pierre Favier, Paris charge and discharge marks for 1775-81, minor wear otherwise good condition, lacking scabbard £100-150
Hammer Price: £95
An Indian sword, tulwar, the heavy curved 79cm blade with single fuller to each side, characteristic iron hilt with disc pommel, knuckle-bow and fluted grip, some areas of rust damage to blade £80-100
Hammer Price: £130
An Indian sword, tulwar, curved flat solid section 82cm blade, typical iron hilt, decorated with foliate borders in silver koftgari, the disc pommel decorated with silver flower heads, complete with its wood scabbard covered with red velvet, scabbard covering distressed £100-120
Hammer Price: £150
An Indian sword, Firangi, the 90cm curved European blade having double fullers, typical iron hilt with reinforcement for the blade at the forte, lightly rust patinated overall £100-120
An Indian Deccani dagger, Chillanum, wide curved 23cm double-edge blade, characteristic iron hilt with curved knucklebow, good condition overall £150-200
An Indian dagger, Katar, the heavy multi-grooved blade with thick armour-piercing point, typical iron hilt, complete with its wood scabbard covered with black ass-hide, hilt lightly rust patinated and scabbard worn £80-100
Hammer Price: £70
A Japanese sword, Wakizashi, the 39cm blade with midare hamon, unsigned, shakudo fuchi-kashira decorated with gold vines and flowers, shakudo and gilt floral menuki, iron tsuba decorated with gold and silver flowers, shakudo kozuka, complete with its black lacquer saya, blade rubbed and with minor chip otherwise good condition £200-250
A Russian kindjal, the curved 24cm multi-fullered blade struck with a gold maker’s mark filled with Arabic script, the fullers to one side of the blade partly blued and with a bright foliate pattern, characteristic hilt with two horn grips secured by three steel rivets, complete with its wood scabbard covered in black leather the reverse panel of red leather, lacking the scabbard finial otherwise good condition £200-250
Germany, Third Reich, Utility Knife, introduced in 1937 for issue to Luftwaffe and Army paratroops and Luftwaffe air crew, a ‘gravity knife’, total extended length 25.5cm., blade bearing the purchase code, ‘R.B. No.0/0561/0020’, complete with lock and with swivel ring at rear for attachment, knocks and wear to wooden handle, tip of blade blunted, generally in good condition £180-220
7th Royal Fusiliers Portrait Miniature of Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Campbell Wylly, C.B., later commanding 95th Rifle Brigade, c. 1820, in the style of Sir William John Newton (1785-1869), finely executed water colour on ivory (3.5 x 3cm.), the subject shown in full dress of 7th Royal Fusiliers, wearing the C.B. and Waterloo Medal, with dark cloak over left shoulder, contained in glazed oval gilt case, in good overall condition £200-300
Field Marshal Lord Roberts Memorabilia, comprising an exceptionally fine circular scroll container (now empty) 54 cms long x 20 cms diameter in ebony, the body mounted with an ornate unmarked silver and silver gilt shield engraved ‘Presented to Field Marshal Lord Roberts VC, PC, KP, GCP, GCSI, GCIE, LL.D, DCL by the Natal United Irish Association Durban Dec. 5th 1900’ this set within silver gilt shamrock sprays, the ends of the body with similar unmarked silver bands marked ‘List Bros. West S...
£300–£500
13th Regiment of Foot Officer’s Shoulder Belt Plate, an extremely rare and early example of elliptical outline of raised beaded edge enclosing a further elliptical applied section, this with a ground of flush blue enamel and the numerals ‘J3’, one hook and two studs and with maker’s mark ‘Archer’, the lower part of the blue enamel section now crudely replaced otherwise in very fine condition £600-800
Jamaica Militia Other Ranks Cross Belt Plate 1803, a good quality brass oval example impressed with ‘Jamaica 1803’ and central crocodile upon a torse. One hook and two stud fasteners, very good condition £300-500
Hall Marked Silver Pouch Belt Plate and Broken Sabretache Badge, the first item of crowned cross patee format with central circle enclosing a strung bugle horn, hallmarked Birmingham 1871, the reverse with faint indications of the original frontal title now erased, four screw post fasteners; the sabretache ornament features a crown over strung bugle horn now detached and again hall marked silver, three screw post fasteners, condition as described £80-120
British Infantry Regiment, Grenadier Companies Skirt Ornaments c. 1812 - 30, a rare pair of silver bullion fused grenades 9 cms in length, both with original paper backing, the lace dull overall and a fracture between the ball and the flames on one otherwise good condition £100-130
WWII Home Guard Arm Badges, comprising two pairs of painted ‘Home Guard’ shoulder titles, two two part pairs ‘MX/29’, a single two part ‘SY/58’, a single ‘28’, four single ‘9’s or ‘6’s, two single ‘H’s, all printed blue on khaki; together with a single white on red embroidered section ‘2/V’, good overall condition (15) £100-150
WWII Period and Later Emroidered Insignia, five Parachutists brevets one white on khaki the other four pale blue on khaki, a good selection of arm badges to a variety of units; a scarce embroidered white and yellow on khaki displaying a Lewis gun (some mothing), a similar scarce item featuring an early railway engine in black on khaki, a very fine embroidered and gold thread example featuring a KC royal crest over K.C.L, a faded red embroidered RNAS eagle on navy cloth, an unpadded RFC pilot’...
Assorted Military Badges, including a QVC pouch belt plate in blackened brass to the West Kent Rifles, a repainted blackened brass glengarry badge to the 3rd VB the Essex Regiment, a Rifle Volunteers coiled bugle horn shako badge, o.s.d. caps to the Royal Pioneer Corps and the Welch Regiment, other rank caps to the Leinster Regiment (no fasteners), Black Watch (KC), a gilded 1850 pattern waist belt clasp featuring a rampant lion with oak sprays on the circle, a heavy cast white metal Star of...
Hammer Price: £300
Cap and Collar Badges, Shoulder Titles, comprising a scarce die stamped brass example to the Federated Malay Volunteer Regiment (1953 - 58) complete with buff backing and in turn red cloth pagri rectangle; a hall marked silver cap badge for the Cape Government Railway (1 lug missing); an NCO’s cast white metal KC arm badge for the King’s Dragoon Guards; single collar badges to the 2nd Canadian Divisional Cyclists (now with pin back), an o.s.d. KC bronze collar badge to the Royal Tank Regiment...
Hammer Price: £220
Assorted Military Badges comprising a Royal Engineer Officer’s waist belt clasp QVC period, an RFC osd bronze cap badge, a hall marked silver cap or collar badge to Lord Strathcona’s Horse (has been crudely relugged), a gilt and silver collar badge for the Royal Dublin Fusiliers now brooched, Mrs Cunliffe Owen’s hall marked silver presentation medallion No. 3491, 13th Kensington Battalion o.r. cap badge and two other items; together with a small carded display of KC and QEC Canadian, Australi...
Hammer Price: £200
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