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Captain Robert Edward Angus, Ayrshire Yeomanry, and an original member of No. 64 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, killed in aerial combat over Cambrai 20th November 1917 1887 pattern Heavy Cavalry officer’s sword, blade 87cm retailed by Hamburger Rogers, King Street, Covent Garden, London, etched with VR cypher, foliage &c., scroll steel guard, fish-skin covered grip bound with silver wire, the guard engraved ‘Lieu. [sic] R. E. Angus 1st. Ayrshire Yeo.’, in its leather covered field service...
Hammer Price: £180
Major Foster Swetenham, 2nd Dragoons, The Royal Scots Greys, killed in action 28th August 1914, near St. Quentin during the retreat from Mons 1887 pattern Heavy Cavalry officer’s sword, blade 89cm by Henry Wilkinson Pall Mall,London, (No 34217) etched with VR cypher, Royal Arms, foliage &c., steel scroll guard, fish-skin covered grip bound with silver wire, in its steel scabbard, the blade neatly sharpened for field service, cleaned overall, minor dent to scabbard, otherwise very good cond...
Hammer Price: £680
Major-General Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes, G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., G.B.E., K.C.B., first Commander of the Royal Flying Corps, Chief of Air Staff &c., formerly a Major in the 15th Hussars 1887 pattern Heavy Cavalry officer’s sword, blade 89cm by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London (No 38887) etched with ERVII cypher, Royal Arms, foliage &c., also owner’s monogram ‘FHS’ within a cartouche, plated steel scroll guard, fish-skin covered grip bound with silver wire, in its leather covered field service sc...
Hammer Price: £900
Lieutenant Frederick Henry Norris Lee, 1st Battalion Irish Guards, mortally wounded 18th June 1916 1854 pattern Irish Guards officer’s sword, blade 83cm by Henry Wilkinson (No 50707) etched with regimental badge, GVR cypher ( the battle honour scrolls empty, as sometimes found on swords of this period, perhaps a wartime expedient ) plated steel guard with regimental device, fish-skin covered grip bound with silver wire, with it’s leather covered field service scabbard, blade retains all or...
Hammer Price: £310
Lieutenant Ernest Alfred Collyer Lloyd, 3rd Battalion, Scots Guards, killed in action at Boesinghe 31st July 1917 1854 pattern Scots Guards officer’s sword, blade 83cm retailed by Cater & Co., Pall Mall, London, etched with GVR cypher, Scots Guards regimental badge, battle honours to South Africa 1899-1902 all amidst foliage, and within a cartouche the owners initials ‘E.A.C.L.’, plated steel guard with regimental device, fish-skin covered grip bound with silver wire, leather covered field...
Hammer Price: £330
Captain William Moon Upjohn, 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards, killed in action at St. Leger 24th August 1918 A scarce 1854 pattern Welsh Guards Officer’s sword, blade 82cm of Levée pattern by Henry Wilkinson (No. 53330) etched with GVR cypher, Welsh Leek & motto ‘Cymru Am Byth’, and correct vacant scrolls for battle honours, all amidst foliage, plated steel guard with regimental device, fish-skin covered grip bound with silver wire, leather covered field service scabbard, blade retaining most...
Lieutenant Charles Austin Pittar, M.C., 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards 1854 pattern Coldstream Guards officer’s sword, blade 83cm of Levée pattern by Henry Wilkinson (No. 52462) etched with GVR cypher, regimental device, battle honours to South Africa 1899-1902 within scrolls and owners initials ‘C.A.P.’ within a cartouche, plated steel guard with regimental device, fish-skin covered grip bound with silver wire, leather covered field service scabbard, blade discoloured, plating of hilt w...
Hammer Price: £140
Colonel Herbert William Studd, C.B., C.M.G, D.S.O., Coldstream Guards 1854 pattern Coldstream Guards officer’s sword, blade 83cm by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London (No 3053) etched with VR cypher, regimental device, battle honours to Tel-el-Kebir, and owners family crest within a cartouche, plated steel guard with regimental device, fish-skin covered grip bound with silver wire, plating somewhat worn and dull, but generally very good condition £300-350
Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby, K.G., G.C.B., G.C.V.O., C.B., P.C., J.P., D.L., who raised The Liverpool Pal’s during The Great War An important 1854 pattern Grenadier Guards officer’s sword, blade 84cm by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London (No 26458) etched with VR cypher, regimental device, battle honours within scrolls to Egypt 1882, owner’s family crest and initials ‘E.G.V.S.’, with its steel scabbard, blade discoloured, some wear to plating of hilt, scabbard with s...
Hammer Price: £780
Lieutenant Walter Alastair Boyd, Scots Guards, who won an M.C. & Bar on the Western Front 1854 pattern Scots Guards officer’s sword, blade 82cm by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London (No 54249) etched with GVR cypher, regimental badge, foliage, battle honours within scrolls to South Africa 1899-1902, owner’s initials within cartouche ‘W.A.B.’, steel guard with regimental device, fish-skin covered grip bound with silver wire, in its leather covered field service scabbard, blade heavily rust...
A fine and rare Victorian Broadsword of the Liverpool Scottish, Claymore blade 84cm by G. Thurkle, Soho, London, double fullered, etched with VR cypher, thistles and ‘8th Scottish. V.B., the Kings Liverpool Regt.’, Full Dress plated basket guard, complete with red felt covered buff liner and fringe, fish-skin covered grip, in its Full Dress plated scabbard with ball finial and contained in its patent leather carrying bag which contains within a pocket its Undress guard, almost pristine condit...
Hammer Price: £980
Captain William Ralph Wilson, 7th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 1897 pattern Infantry officer’s Presentation sword, blade 83cm retailed by Boyton & Co.,Clerkenwell, London, etched with GVR cypher, thistles &c. within foliage, regulation plated steel guard, with GVR cypher, additionally engraved ‘Presented to Captain W. Wilson by No. 1 (S) Coy. 7th A.& S. Highrs. As a token of esteem, North Camp Station 19 April 1916’, fish-skin covered grip bound with silver wire, leather cove...
Hammer Price: £350
Second Lieutenant Ernest Walter Winton, 2nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, killed in action while taking ammunition up to the firing line 15th December 1917 Royal Artillery pattern officer’s sword, blade 86cm by Henry Wilkinson (No. 54113) etched with GVR cypher, regimental device, within foliage, and engraved within cartouche ‘Ernest W. Winton June 6th. 1917’, plated steel 3 bar hilt, fish-skin covered grip, bound with silver wire, leather covered field service scabbard, blade...
Hammer Price: £290
Lieutenant William John McVeigh, 9th (Attached 6th) Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers, killed in action in Palestine 28th December 1917 1897 pattern Infantry officer’s sword, blade 83cm etched with GVR cypher, Royal Arms, foliate scrolls &c. and within a cartouche ‘W. J. McVeigh. 9th Royal Munster Fusiliers’, plated guard, fish-skin covered grip bound with silver wire, in its leather covered field service scabbard, blade retains all original finish, and is very good overall £200-250...
Hammer Price: £260
Captain Raymond Meyrick Bussell, Dorset Regiment and 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps, captured after the fighting at Arnhem, escaped but was recaptured, and subsequently shot by the Gestapo 10th October 1944 A scarce Edward VIII 1897 pattern Infantry officer’s sword, blade 83cm by Wilkinson Sword Co, Pall Mall, London, (No 66033) etched with ERVIII cypher, Royal Arms, foliage &c., plated steel guard with ERVIII cypher, fish-skin covered grip with copper-gilt wire binding,...
Hammer Price: £820
Lieutenant Colonel Boyd Francis Alexander, Rifle Brigade 1822 pattern Infantry officer’s sword, blade 84cm by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London, (No 23512) etched with VR cypher, foliage &c., brass gothic hilt with VR cyphe, fish-skin covered grip bound with copper wire, complete with brass scabbard for an officer of field rank, brass a little polished otherwise virtually as made, the blade near pristine £300-350
Hammer Price: £400
Major Philip Stafford Gordon Wainman, 6th (attached 2nd Battalion) Worcester Regiment, killed in action 26th September 1915 at Loos 1897 pattern Infantry officer’s sword, blade 82cm by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London (No 35996 ) etched with VR cypher, Royal Arms, foliage &c also owners monogram ‘S.G.W.’ within a cartouche, plated steel guard with VR cypher, fish-skin covered grip bound with silver wire, and sword knot, lacking scabbard, blade with some light pitting and discoloration £...
Second Lieutenant James Hugh Edendale Whitehead, Royal West Kent Regiment, died 13th March 1919 1897 pattern Infantry officer’s sword, blade 80cm of levee pattern, etched with VR cypher &c., plated guard with GVR cypher, inside of guard engraved ‘J. H. E. Whitehead Royal West Kent Regt.’, fish-skin covered grip, bound with copper wire, in leather field service scabbard, blade rubbed & worn £100-120
Hammer Price: £110
Major Harris Lawrence Stocks, D.S.O., 15th (1st Edinburgh City) Battalion, Royal Scots, killed in action 1st July 1916 Royal Artillery officer’s sword, blade 85cm etched Royal Artillery device, grenade, foliage &c., engraved within shield ‘H.L.S. 1893’, steel 3-bar guard, fish-skin covered grip bound with copper wire binding, in its leather covered field service scabbard, complete with leather carrying case and sword knot, scabbard broken, otherwise good condition throughout £150-200
Hammer Price: £210
Captain Humphrey Willis Chetwode Lloyd, D.S.O., M.C. & Bar, 1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment 1897 pattern Infantry officer’s sword, blade 83cm by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London (No 46513) etched with GVR cypher, royal arms, foliage &c., plated steel hilt with GVR cypher, fish-skin covered grip with silver wire binding, in its steel scabbard, blade and scabbard with minor discolouring £150-200
Hammer Price: £170
An interesting infantry officers sword having been worn by two officers, Captain Leonard Herbert Sweet, 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment and No. 29 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, who was killed in action in aerial combat over the Ypres Salient 22nd June 1916, and by Lieutenant-Colonel Gerard William Miller, D.S.O., M.C., King’s Liverpool Regiment, who won an outstanding Military Cross on the Western Front An 1897 pattern Infantry officer’s sword, blade 82cm by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, Lo...
Hammer Price: £150
Captain Stanley Cotterell Seymour Horser, 17th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment (1st Liverpool Pals) killed in action on the Somme 12th October 1916 1897 pattern Infantry officer’s sword, blade 82cm etched with GVR cypher, Royal Arms, foliage &c., and owner’s name within cartouche ‘S. C. Seymour Horser The King’s’, silver plated steel guard, GVR cypher, fish-skin covered grip bound with copper wire, blade retains almost all original finish, in associated leather covered scabbard with plated m...
Captain Percy Herbert Burton, R.A.M.C. (T.F.), attached 4th Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) killed in action 13th May 1917 1892 pattern Royal Army Medical Corps officer’s sword, blade 82cm retailed by Boyton & Son, Clerkenwell, London, etched GVR cypher, Royal Arms, foliate scrolls &c., and additionally within a cartouche ‘Capt. Burton R.A.M.C. 1915’, plated brass guard with GVR cypher, fish-skin covered grip bound with copper wire, in its plated steel scabbard, minor wear to...
Lieutenant Guy Staniforth Wemyss St. George, 1st K.G.O. Gurkha Rifles, mortally wounded near Ypres 26th April 1915 A scarce 1827 pattern Rifle Regim ent officer’s sword of the 1st Gurkha Rifles, blade 83cm by Henry Wilkinson (No 42982) etched with GRI cypher, 1st Ghurka Rifles amidst foliage, and within a cartouche the owner’s monogram ‘G St.G’, plated steel guard with strung bugle, solid patent tang, composition grip, chequered back strap, with silver wire binding, in its steel scabbard,...
Hammer Price: £440
Lieutenant-Colonel William Rae Brakspear, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Gurkha Rifles, killed in action 25th September 1915, the first day of the Battle of Loos. A scarce1827 pattern Rifle Regiment officer’s sword of The 3rd Ghurka Rifles, blade 82cm by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London (No 34732) etched with VR cypher, strung bugle, and within scrolls battle honours for Delhi, Ahmed Khel, Afghanistan 1878-1880 and Burma 1885-1887, owners initials ‘W R B’ and ‘3rd. Gurkha Rifles’ appear in further...
Hammer Price: £300
Lieutenant-Colonel Eden Vansittart, D.S.O., Ghurka Rifles, Commanding 8th Battalion, Royal West Kents, wounded and taken prisoner at Loos 26th September 1915 1822 pattern Light Cavalry officer’s sword, blade 84cm by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London (No 21565) devoid of any decoration with the exception of owner‘s name & family crest within cartouche, steel 3-bar guard, fish skin covered grip bound with copper wire, in a leather field service scabbard, scabbard probably associated, grip...
Hammer Price: £200
Lieutenant Frank Thompson Ormand, Royal Navy, Commanding H.M.Submarine A-3, and killed 6th February 1912, when she was run down by H.M.S. Hazard whilst on exercises off the Isle of Wight Royal Navy officer’s sword, blade 80cm of light pattern, by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London (No 41310) etched with Royal Arms, fouled anchor, rope & foliage &c., gilt brass solid hilt with fouled anchor and lion’s head pommel, white fish-skin covered grip bound with copper wire, the folding guard engrav...
Hammer Price: £450
Lieutenant Edward Winchester Tollemache Taylour D.S.C. & Bar, Fleet Air Arm, killed in action 13th September 1942, piloting a Sea Hurricane of 800 Squadron operating from H.M.S. Avenger, whilst protecting convoy PQ18 Royal Navy officer’s sword, blade 80cm of Claymore pattern by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London (No 29914) etched with fouled anchor, foliage &c., solid gilt brass guard with fouled anchor, lions head pommel, white fish-skin covered grip bound with gilt wire, correct pattern...
A scarce sword made for the forces of the White Rajah of Sarawak, probably made for the use of a Naval or Police officer, blade 83cm by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London (No 18205) of solid flat section, etched with the initial ‘S’ (for Sarawak) within a garter which contains the motto ‘Dum Spiro Spero’, the reverse with the initial ‘S’ set within a wreath of oak leaves, panels of floral scrolls, solid brass gothic style hilt, again with initial and motto repeated within oak leaves,brass mou...
Hammer Price: £220
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