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**RARE**WW1 Canadian Expeditionary Forces (CEF) 1st Canadian Tank Battalion Other Ranks Khaki Battledress Tunic. U 507 - U 507
During World War I, Canada did not have an active, combat-deployed "1st Tank Regiment." Instead, the country authorized and raised the 1st Canadian Tank Battalion under the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) in early 1918. The Canadian Tank Corps was officially authorized in January 1918. The 1st Canadian Tank Battalion recruited heavily from Canadian universities. Because tanks were highly complex pieces of machinery at the time, the military targeted students and recruits who had strong backgrounds in mechanics, engineering, or technical skills. The Battalion composed of 92 officers and 716 other ranks. This is a rare to find 1st Canadian Tank Battalion Other Ranks Khaki Battledress Tunic. The Tunic is single breasted with collar secured by hooks, pleated chest pockets and plain lower pockets all with flaps. The tunic has the correct belt hooks at the waist. It also has all of its original brass King’s crown Tank Battalion buttons,& the collar has one original brass King’s crown 1st Tank Battalion collar dog. One sleeve has the correct 2 cloth tape service chevron / stripes at the cuff indicating 4 yrs service and near to the shoulder its original Tank Battalion cloth formation patch. The epaulettes have brass ‘Canada’ (Canadian Army) shoulder titles and ribbon formation / unit identifiers. The inside of the tunic has no maker labels or dates. The Tunic is clean with just small areas of old, treated, stable mothing only visible on close inspection. It is approx UK size 34" Chest. The price for this rare WW1 tunic includes UK delivery. U 507 (NB A rare original WW1 Canadian 1st Tank Battalion Cap Badge found with this Tunic is available separately on this website stock number BA 908)
£1,750.00

**RARE**WW1 Canadian Expeditionary Forces (CEF) 1st Canadian Tank Battalion Other Ranks King’s Crown Brass Cap Badge. BA 908 - BA 908
During World War 1, Canada did not have an active, combat-deployed "1st Tank Regiment." Instead, the country authorized and raised the 1st Canadian Tank Battalion under the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) in early 1918. The Canadian Tank Corps was officially authorized in January 1918. The 1st Canadian Tank Battalion recruited heavily from Canadian universities. Because tanks were highly complex pieces of machinery at the time, the military targeted students and recruits who had strong backgrounds in mechanics, engineering, or technical skills. The Battalion composed of 92 officers and 716 other ranks. This is a rare to find original 1st Canadian Tank Battalion Other Ranks brass cap badge. The cast badge features the King’s Crown above 1st Tank Battalion Canada on banners and depiction of a WW1 tank. The rear of the badge has the correct 2 lugs fitted with removable split pin. The price for this rare WW1 cap badge includes UK delivery. BA 908 (NB This badge was found with a rare original WW1 Canadian 1st Tank Battalion uniform tunic which is available separately on this website stock number U 507)
£295.00

**EXTREMELY RARE**1904 British WD LSA Co (London Small Arms Company) SMLE MK I .303 Calibre Service Rifle With Correct MK I Features, Royal Navy Issue Magazine Cut Off & Sling**EARLY UK 1993 DEACTIVATION COCKS & DRY FIRES**Sn 23695 - 23695
The Mark I SMLE was first approved on 23rd December 1902 (see page 398 of The Lee Enfield Story by Skennerton). This an extremely rare to find original British WD SMLE MK I Rifle and retains MK 1 features consisting of, winged adjustable rear sight arrangement with horn inserts, Winged Fore sight, long nose cap mounted with bayonet lug, a sliding charger guide mounted onto the bolt head, safety catch, Navy issue magazine cut off (Skennerton states MK 1’s with magazine cut off’s were Naval issue, although the other service rifles had provision for this component and many were fitted later on, see page 398 of his book). The rifle also has part of its original long range volley sights and has a brass butt plate with trap. The rifle has all original woodwork throughout which has knocks bumps and bruises to be expected with age & service use. On one side the grip strap has crisp markings ‘King’s Crown ER (Edward Rex) SHTE I’, ‘LSA Co Ld’ and ‘1904’ date. The serial number of the rifle is 3860K and there are other un-matching numbers (illustrated). Deactivated to early UK specification in 1993 the rifle cocks and dry fires crisply and its magazine can be removed, the magazine cut off has been fixed in place during the deactivation process. The rifle’s sling swivels are fitted with original webbing sling. The price for this extremely rare rifle includes UK delivery and deactivation certificate. Sn 23695
£1,675.00

**RARE**MINT**WW1 GALLIPOLI, British 1911 Dated 1st Pattern Hook Quillion P1907 Bayonet Regiment Marked ‘4 SWB’ To The 4th Battalion South Wales Borderers, 1st Type Scabbard & 1908 Pattern Webbing Frog With Helve Carrier Strap. BAYO 202 - BAYO 202
The Gallipoli Campaign, took place on the Gallipoli peninsula (Gelibolu in modern Turkey) in the Ottoman Empire between 25 April 1915 and 9 January 1916. The campaign resulted in massive loss of lives and casualties for British and allied forces. The South Wales Borderers took part in the campaign and the 4th Battalion lost 400 Officers and men out of 775 that landed at Gallipoli. The Battalion fought with distinction throughout the campaign and were given the honour of providing the rear guard in the evacuation of Suvla bay. The Battalion were amongst the last to leave and only a few survived. This is a rare, near mint hook quillion 1907 pattern bayonet for SMLE rifles manufactured in September 1911 by Enfield. The ricasso is marked '1907 (Pattern), 'EFD (Enfield) '09 ‘11(Date) & 'King’s Crown'. The reverse has inspection stamps. The blade is clean. The wood slabs are undamaged. The pommel is crisply stamped with Regiment mark ‘4SWB’ to the 4th Battalion South Wales Borderers. It is in its original 1st type brown leather scabbard with correct steel locket and internal chape which correctly has just the tip exposed. The leather is impressed with small Enfield inspection marks and WD arrow. The scabbard is fitted with an original WW1 1908 pattern webbing frog with rear helve carrier strap. The rear of the frog has faint ink stamp which appear to be ‘HG’ (manufacturer) and WW1 date ‘17’ (1917). All leather, material & stitching of the scabbard and frog are intact. The price for this rare bayonet to a Battalion that fought with distinction at Gallipoli includes UK delivery. BAYO 202
£1,345.00

**RARE**WW1 1917 Remington Armory USA Czar Nicholas II Imperial Russian Contract Mosin Nagant, Model 1891 7.62mm Calibre Bolt Action Rifle & Sling**UK 2006 DEACTIVATION COCKS & DRY FIRES**Sn 23696 - 23696
During World War I, the Remington Arms Company manufactured Model 1891 Mosin-Nagant rifles under a massive contract for the Imperial Czar Nicholas II of Russia & his Russian government during World War I . After the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 the Russian contracts were terminated and many 1891 Moslin Nagant rifles manufactured by Remington were purchased by the U.S Ordnance Department. When the U.S. 395th Infantry Regiment deployed to North Russia in 1918 it was issued U.S. Model 1891 Nagant rifles manufactured by Remington to enable the troops to utilize stores of 7.62 Russian ammunition and make Model 1917 and Model 1903 rifles available to the American Expeditionary Force in France. The 395th Infantry saw considerable action against Bolshevik troops in North Russia before the American and British forces were withdrawn in August 1919. Some U.S. Model 1891 Nagant rifles were issued to U.S. forces sent to Siberia in 1919. This is an excellent, scarce to find, original WW1 1917 dated Moisin Nagant Model 1891 rifle by Remington USA, one of those made made under Czar Nicholas II Russian contract. It has undamaged metal work with original blue finish and all original black American Walnut furniture which is undamaged and has just light bumps & bruises to be expected. The Barrel shank is stamped with crisp Russian Eagle, Remington Armory manufacturer detail, 1917 date and serial number 278816. The magazine plate has matching number, the bolt has un-matching number. The weapon has its original cleaning rod, adjustable rear sight, fixed fore sight, sling swivels fitted with period webbing & leather sling and steel butt plate. Deactivated to UK specification in 2006 the weapon cocks & dry fires & it’s hinged magazine plate opens and closes as it should. The price for this rare to find WW1 American made Imperial Russian contract rifle includes deactivation certificate and UK delivery. Sn 23696
£1,250.00

**RARE**1905-1908 Britannia .177 Calibre, Sure Shot, Break Action, Air Rifle ' Cox's Patent,C.G. Bonehill (Birmingham) Sole manufacturer. Sn 23416 - 23416
The first patent for the Britannia style Break Action Air Rifle was dated 1902 and they were produced between 1905 -1908 (see page 12 & 13 of a Collector's Guide To Air Rifles By Hiller). The break action is achieved by a thumb operated, gate type, barrel latch which when pulled backwards releases the barrel and allows the weapon to be cocked and loaded. This is an excellent example with original wood & metalwork throughout. It has a 20 ½” 2 stage rifled barrel with clean bore & typical light rifling and measures 36” overall. It has a blade foresight & adjustable rear sight. The top of the frame is correctly stamped 'Cox's Patent' together with 'C.G. Bonehill, Sole Manufacturer’. The left side is stamped with crisp Britannia name and Trade mark. The steel stock frame and barrel section are stamped with matching numbers '768' together with ' RD 394207' on the frame. The break action loading and firing actions work as they should with a strong spring action. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23416
£975.00

**VERY RARE & DESIRABLE**WW1 C1915 Imperial German Model S15 Gottscho Machine Gunners Bayonet & Scabbard With Rare To Find Original Leather Frog. Sn 21426 - 21426
This is a rare WW1 German Machine gunners bayonet. Designed by Dr. Lucian Gottscho of Berlin and known as "The Machine-Gunner Bayonet" they were made in very limited numbers. Originally made for an export order these bayonets were diverted for WW1 German army in 1915 for use by Machine gunners. The rifles could be fitted to Gew 98 rifles (see page 115 and page 128 plate No.281 of The Bayonet Book by Watts & White). A period image of an Imperial German soldier armed with a Gew98 rifle fitted with a Gottscho S15 bayonet is illustrated in image 1. The bayonet has a clean 14 ½” long steel blade with fullers and is 19 ¾” overall length. The blade is marked ‘S’ ‘W’ & stylised ‘g’ within a bulb or bomb shape. inspection marks. The spine has an Imperial inspection mark. The fullered blade is 14 ½” long. The correct one piece wrap around 9 groove wood grip is undamaged and correctly secured by 2 screw bolts. It has the correct steel pommel with mortise slot and The original scabbard is blackened steel & has a few small dents to the rear consistent with service wear. There are no visible numbers on the bayonet or scabbard. The rare to find original frog is the standard German leather example in excellent condition. It has the correct belt loop & locket slot. All leather & stitching are clean & intact. A very rare bayonet, one of the scarcest & most desirable of WW1 German Bayonets complete with original scabbard & rare to find frog. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 21426 (box 2)
£745.00

**RAREST & MOST DESIRABLE**1907-1914 BSA Military Long Rifle Pattern ‘Long Lee Type’ .177 Calibre Territorial / Volunteer Lincoln Jeffries Patent Under-Lever Training Air Rifle With Additional Flip Up Aperture Target Peep Sight. Sn 23509 - 23509
Westley Richards did not proceed with the concept of a military style air rifle beyond the prototype stage but BSA did and introduced the Military Pattern ‘Long’ air rifle in 1907 which continued to be made in small quantities until 1914. A short pattern was also advertised but no examples are known to exist (see Chapter 13 of ‘The Book Of The BSA Air Rifle 1905-1939 by Milewski). The rifles resembled the Long Lee Enfield rifle of the British army and the dummy bolt added to the weight and realism. Long examples were affectionately known as 'Long Lees'. This is an excellent original .177 calibre variant of the BSA Military Long Rifle pattern, Territorial or volunteer training under-lever air rifle with dummy bolt, block & blade fore sight, flip-up ladder rear sight, additional rear flip up aperture target peep sight, rear sling swivel and barrel sling lug. The cylinder is marked 'Made by The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited BSA Military Air Rifle'. It is serial number 100. The rifle has a 21” long rifled barrel with block and blade fore sight. The rifled bore is clean and it measures 49” overall. It has all original military grade wood work impressed with BSA’s piled arms trademark & correct steel butt plate without trap. The underlever with locking catch has Lincoln Jeffries Patent marking. Above the loading port has ‘Load’ & BSA’s pyled arms trademark. The rifle cocks and fires correctly with a strong spring action. The price for this air rifle arguably one of the rarest and most desirable includes UK delivery. Sn 23509
£4,500.00

**QUALITY MAKER**Late 1700’s – Early 1800’s English Ezekial Baker (London) Single Barrel 25 Bore Muzzle Loading Flintlock Sporting Shotgun. Sn 23700 - 23700
Ezekiel Baker (1758-1836) was apprentice to the famous English Gun Smith Henry Nock of Wilkinson Sword fame before establishing himself as a quality gunmaker in his own right with various premises in London. Between 1823-1854 Baker is recorded operating as E.Baker & Son at Size Yard, Whitechapel Road , 49 Tenter Street & 7 Union Street, London (his son Ezekiel John Baker died in 1841). Baker was the inventor of the ‘Baker Rifle’ which was adopted by the British Army in 1800 and made quality firearms for Royalty (see page 139 of the book British Gunmakers Volume 1 London by Nigel Brown).This is a very good, English form Flintlock sporting shotgun made sometime in the late 18th century or early 19th century by Ezekial Baker (we can find no other E. Baker working in the flintlock era). It has a 36” Damascus steel barrel (51 ½” overall). The barrel has a small German silver blade foresight and grooved action rear sight. The barrel’s smooth bore is clean. It has a walnut stock with chequered wrist & brass fittings. The wood work has just the bumps and bruises to be expected with age. The wood is inlaid with a void silver roundel. The lock plate is signed ‘E. Baker’. The action and parts of the barrel have quality tooled foliate decoration. The fore stock has a polished horn end cap. The brass butt plate tang has engraved game birds in the field and the trigger guard with extended tang has engraved decoration and Pineapple finial. The piece is complete with ebonised wood ramrod which has a brass end cap and brass tip which unscrews to reveal a worm. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique flintlock firearm no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of collection or display. Sn 23700
£975.00

**QUALITY**C1870 Robert Hughes Universal Firearms Works Birmingham Side By Side Double Damascus Barrelled Muzzle Loading Percussion Rifle/ Shotgun Combination Big Game Gun (14 Smooth Bore/ .577 Calibre Rifled Bore), Irish Reg Mark ‘F173U’ (Fermanagh). - 23701
Robert Hughes was a gun and pistol maker at 22 Moland Street, Birmingham until 1872 and at 100 Moland Street from 1873. He adopted the style 'Universal Firearms Works' in 1868. His guns were well known and he was favoured in the London gun market, known for his high quality Sporting Rifles, typically sold to men traveling to Asia or Africa for big game hunting. This attractive C1870 double hammer percussion Rifle and Shotgun combination gun is the type used for hunting large game. It has 30 ½” round Damascus steel barrels and is 46 ½” overall. The rifled barrel is .577 Calibre and has a good clean bore with sharp rifling. The shotgun barrel is smooth 14 Bore which is also clean. The barrel is faintly signed ‘Robert Hughes Universal Firearms Works Birmingham. One barrel is stamped with Irish registration mark ‘F173U’ indicating that this gun was in Ireland at some point of its Victorian life (the Registration of Firearms (Ireland) Act of 22nd August 1843, provided for the granting of licences to the owners of firearms and required the arms to be marked by the Superintendent of the County Inspector of the Constabulary Force. F U mark was the designation for Fermanagh Ulster). The barrel rib is mounted with a fixed ‘v’ notch plate rear sight graduated to 100 yards and 3 leaf sights with silver aiming lines graduated, 200, 300 & 400 yards. The post from the foresight plate is absent. The action, Dolphin hammers, action tang, trigger guard with extended tang and stock mounts have quality tooled foliate decoration. The gun has double triggers. The cocking and firing actions are strong. The Walnut stock with chequered fore stock panels and steel butt plate is undamaged with just light bumps and bruises to be expected. The underside of the stock has a void inlaid silver disc and it has sling swivel lugs. The weapon has its original wood ram rod with polished horn end cap and brass tip with steel worm. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique muzzle loading percussion weapon no licence is required to own this item in the UK. Sn 23701
£1,495.00

Victorian Era British Thomas Turner, Birmingham .577 Snider Obsolete Calibre Sporting Shot Gun. Sn 23702 - 23702
This antique shotgun has all original Walnut woodwork throughout with chequered panels at the wrist & fore stock. Its steel action plate is signed by the retailer Thomas Turner, Fisher Street, Birmingham. It has a chequered horn butt plate, brass trigger guard & polished horn fore end block. The breech cover with locking catch is stamped ‘Snider’s patent’. The gun chambers the obsolete calibre .577 Snider round. The shotgun measures 49 ¾” overall with a 30 ¾” barrel. The smooth bore is clean. The barrel is stamped with inspection mark & ‘25’ and has a brass bead fore sight. The hinged breech cover is numbered ‘C 591’. Its cocking and firing action work crisply. This is an antique, obsolete calibre gun and no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 23702
£695.00

20th Century W.W. Greener Birmingham Martini Action G.P (General Purpose) 12 Bore Shotgun With Colour Case Hardened Action**MOVING PARTS 2020 UK / EU DEACTIVATION** Sn 23703 - 23703
The W.W. Greener GP (General Purpose) Martini Action Shotgun** is a rugged, single-shot, break-down firearm built around a tilting-block Martini action. Manufactured by the famous W.W. Greener in England starting around 1922. Early variants were developed for police and colonial forces (such as the Egyptian Government contracts), while later commercial variations served as versatile "general purpose" utility guns for civilians and farmers. This is an attractive Greener GP Martini Action 12 Bore shotgun. It has all original wood which has just light bumps and bruises consistent with age & use, bead fore sight and plastic or bakelite butt plate with embossed Elephant trade mark (the top section of the butt plate has broken off at some point in its life but the remaining plate is secure. The action is colour case hardened. One side of the action is crisply stamped 'W.W. Greener Maker Birmingham England’ & the reverse ‘Greener’s GP Gun’. The sighted barrel is stamped with proof / inspection marks. The barrel length is 30” and it measures 46 ½” overall. The gun is serial number G77756. Deactivated to UK / EU specification in 2020 the gun’s lever action operates and the trigger moves but it does not cock and dry fire. Sn 23703
£395.00
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