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**RARE**Napoleonic Battle Of Trafalgar Era**Georgian, English Board Of Ordnance Enfield Tower, Long Sea Service .577” Regulation Calibre, Flintlock Pistol With Belt Bar & Regulation Brass Fittings Including Cudgel Butt. Sn 23493 - 23493 During the 18th century the British Royal Navy began standardising their Naval small arms. One such weapon was the Sea Service flintlock pistol. These weapons were used by the British Royal Navy throughout the Wars with neighbouring France 1750- 1815 and saw service at the famous Naval Battle of Trafalgar 21st October 1805. This original Georgian, Tower, Long Sea Service Pistol is in very good condition. It is 19 ½” long with a 12” smooth bore barrel which is Regulation .577" calibre. The barrel’s bore is clean. The barrel has English black powder proofs and small inspection marks. The all original full wood stock has knocks bumps and bruises to be expected with age. The wood has inspection marks (illustrated). The stock has an iron belt bar which has a small ‘Crown’ inspection mark. It has regulation brass furniture including cudgel butt. The pistol has its original wood ram rod with brass end cap. The lock is crisply marked 'Tower' (Enfield) & ‘Crown GR’ (George Rex) together with small ordnance ‘Crown Arrow’ mark. All metal work is clean with even aged patina. The cock is fitted with flint. The lock functions crisply. NB As an antique flintlock pistol no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a display or collection. The price for this rare pistol includes UK delivery. Sn 23493 £1,975.00 |
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**RARE** Battlefield Captured,, Autumn 1916 at Serre, Somme, WW1, 1915 Dated, Imperial German, Mauser Gew 98, 7.92mm Calibre, Infantry Rifle with Extended 20 Round Magazine, Sliding Steel Bolt Cover, Muzzle Protector & Sling. **EU 2026 DEACTIVATION**. Sn - 23489 This is an excellent Imperial German WW1, 1915 Dated Gew 98 infantry rifle captured in No Mans Land at Serre in the Somme in the Autumn of 1916. The rifle is in excellent condition with a silver plaque is attached to the bottom of the forend reading ‘THIS GERMAN RIFLE WITH BIG MAGAZINE WAS BROUGHT IN FROM NO MANS LAND IN FRONT OF SERRE IN THE AUTUMN OF 1916’. Serre was one of the strongly fortified villages held by the Germans at the start of the Battle of the Somme in 1916. The village, about five miles north of Albert, was the most northern point of the main attack on the 1st of July 1916 This rifle incorporates many rare additions including an extended 20 round magazine with a cut off tab on a chain, a sliding steel bolt cover attached to the bolt an fore end, a flip up muzzle protector and a leather sling. The 20 round magazine is rarely found and is attached by screws to the trigger guard extension. The magazine is stamped on the side V? CO DRP. The bolt cover is made of pressed steel sliding on a steel rod with a clip arrangement to the fore end. The muzzle cover is of the twist on type with a flip up cover at the front. The top of the breech is nicely stamped DEUTSCHE WAFFEN MUNITIONSFABRIKEN BERLIN 1915 together with various proofing stamps. The wooden stock is in good condition and has 2 inspection stamps on the right hand side of the butt. The barrel retains most of its original blued finish and is fitted with a 2,000metres rear sight. The rifle has matching serial number 581 and retains its original leather sling on the swivels and the original cleaning rod. the rifles bolt cocks, the trigger moves and the magazine follower is spring loaded. The rifle has the serial number 581 stamped on it and was deactivated to EU specification in 2026. The price for this scarce battlefield recovered rifle with the unique silver plaque includes the deactivation certificate and UK delivery. Sn 23489 £2,950.00 |
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**ATTRIBUTED**WW1 1915 British Henry Wilkinson P 1912 Cavalry Officer’s Sword Etched Monogram Blade Number 48745 To 2nd LT Ferguson Scottish Horse Yeomanry Killed Egypt 1916 With Field Service Scabbard & Provenance. Sn 23484:103 - 23484:103 The Scottish Horse was a Yeomanry regiment of the British Army's Territorial Army raised in 1900 for service in the Second Boer War. It saw heavy fighting in both the First World War, as the 13th Battalion, Black Watch, and in the Second World War, as part of the Royal Artillery. It amalgamated with the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry to form the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse in 1956. The lineage is maintained by "C" Fife and Forfar Yeomanry/Scottish Horse Squadron of The Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry based in Cupar in Fife. 2nd Lieut Alexander Robertson Ferguson served with the 1/3rd Scottish Horse Yeomanry during WW1 and was accidentally killed on 14th June 1916 while serving in Egypt This is an original, WW1 British 1912 Pattern Heavy Cavalry Officer’s Sword to 2nd Lieut Alexander Robertson Ferguson. The Sword has an undamaged 35" single edged blade with fuller (43" overall). The blade is clean & etched on one side with stylise ‘ARF’ combined monogram (Alexander Robertson Ferguson). The ricasso is crisply marked on one side by the manufacturer ‘Henry Wilkinson Pall Mall London’ together with Royal Warrant. The reverse has the ordnance acceptance star and inlaid proof roundel. It has a full bowl guard with fish skin wire bound handle with correct thumb recess for grip. The fish skin & wire binding is all clean and intact. The hilt is fitted with its original buff leather officer's cord and leather portepee. The back of the blade is numbered ‘48745’ (Wilkinson records state that this sword was sold to Ferguson Scottish Horse 10th April 1915). It is complete with its original leather bound field service scabbard. All leather and stitching of the scabbard are clean & intact. Copies of some Family antecedents, the Officer’s field service record reporting his death in 1916, a copy of his Commonwealth War Graves Kantara (Egypt) war memorial record & copies of archive records from Wilkinson Sword stating that this sword number 48745 was sold to Ferguson Scottish Horse 10th April 1915 accompany the sword. The price for this WW1 Officer’s sword worthy of further research includes UK delivery. Sn 23484:103 £1,475.00 |
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INERT DEACTIVATED. Cold War Era, Battle Field Recovered, 40 Inert Rounds of .50 Inch Bowning Machine gun Rounds in Links. Sn 22846:87 - 22846:87 INERT DEACTIVATED. There are 40 inert .50 inch Browning machine gun rounds in disintegrating links that can be used in the .5 inch Browning ground or aircraft guns. The rounds have been previously buried in soil and when dug up they have been deactivated. The rounds would make a nice display either in a circle or a half moon shape on a wall. The price includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess these inert rounds in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22846:87 £175.00 |
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SOLD SOLD (17/07) British, Martini Henry Rifle, Pattern 1856/58 Yatahgan Sword Bayonet Converted by Bushing & Scabbard by Enfield. Sn 23478:104 - 23478:104 This is a good example of an original pattern1856/58 yataghan sword bayonet converted by bushing for the Martin Henry rifle and scabbard made at Enfield. From 1858 the use of more machinery enabled closer tolerances to make bayonets and in doing so made the bayonets interchangeable instead of bayonets being individually fitted to a particular rifle. This bayonet has a slightly longer leaf spring for the locking bolt and was secured by a screw and not as previously with a rivet on the P 1856 bayonet. The bayonet is 27.9 inches long with a blade length of 22.8 inches. This blade carries the Enfield inspection on the ricasso and stamps on the top of the spine. The blade is in excellent condition and the spine on the handle carries various inspection stamps including ORR (The Queen's Royal Regiment, West Surrey) NF FB together with Enfield and Birmingham stamps. The grips are in excellent condition and are made of chequered black leather held by 4 steel pins. The scabbard is made of black leather with steel top mount and chape. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23478:104 £0.00 |
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Post Mutiny Indian Issue Victorian British India Pattern 1859 Socket Bayonet (NOT P1853) For Enfield Smoothbore Muzzle Loading Muskets and Scabbard. Sn 23478:105 - 23478:105 This is a Pattern 1859 Enfield socket bayonet for the Enfield made Indian Pattern 3 band musket. These bayonets are often confused with P.1853 socket bayonets but have longer sockets to fit the longer barrel P.1859 long barrel smooth bore Enfield muskets (see page 331 of Skennerton’s British & Commonwealth Military Bayonets). It has a nice 17” triangular blade. The socket is 76mm length with a muzzle ring diameter and a locking ring. The socket is stamped with the number 137 and h (a heart) 1. The scabbard is brass mounted leather with a tear drop frog stud and the seam stitching to the rear. All leather and stitching are clean and intact. The bayonet fits the scabbard. The price includes UK delivery. (Socket Bayonets Box). 23478:105 £275.00 |
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*Scarce* British, 1903 Pattern SMLE Rifle Bayonet Converted From Pattern 1888 Sword Bayonet, Scabbard & Frog. Sn 23478:106 - 23478:106 The Pattern 1903 bayonet was issued to the first SMLE rifles and combined the Pattern 1888 blade and cross piece with a new pommel design. Many 1903 pattern bayonets were converted from pattern 1888 bayonets to cover a shortfall in production. This bayonet is a good example of a converted pattern 1888 bayonet, scabbard and frog. The double edged blade has a length of 30cm. One side of the ricasso is stamped is stamped with a crowfoot a& EFD (Enfield) and the other side is stamped crown over S 28 Edwards crown over VR 11 ’98 (original date of manufacture November 1898) 1903 (pattern 1903 bayonet). The ricasso is regimentally stamped N&I 229. The wooden grip scales are in good condition retained by 2 screw bolts. The bayonet is contained in its original leather scabbard with steel mounts. See Skennerton, item B230, pages 181 & 182. The brown leather mark 2 frog has a rivet and stitching construction with a securing buckle. (See item 127 on page 32 in Bayonet Belt Frogs Part I by Anthony Carter). The press-stud locking mechanism works well. The price includes UK delivery. (British Bayonets Box 1) Sn 23478:106 £475.00 |
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**MINT**UN-ISSUED**RARE**ORIGINAL**WW1 U.S. Military Diston & Sons Design Model 1917- 1918 Trench / Fighting Knife By American Cutlery Co (A.C. Co.) & 1918 Jewell Scabbard. Sn 23548 - 23548 In 1917 several designs were submitted to the U.S. Ordnance Dept for a new fighting knife. The design by Henry Diston & Sons, Philadelphia was chosen over others (see pages 22 – 23 of Cole’s book U.S. Military Knives).This is a near mint, un-issued, original example of the Diston design Model 1917- 1918 Trench/ Fighting Knife by the American Cutlery Co. The blade is a simple but effective blackened 8 ¾” very sharp blued triangular steel spike (14 ¼” overall) secured to a contoured walnut grip with finger grooves. The edges of the steel knuckle bow bears 2 rows of steel flange teeth. The grip also has a stepped steel pommel nut. The inside of the bow is crisply stamped 'A.C. Co USA’ and ‘1917' (date / model). The original green leather scabbard has blackened fittings including an integral brass belt hanger all in great condition. The leather is impressed by the U.S. maker ‘Jewell’ and dated ‘1918’. The price for this rare WW1 fighting knife includes UK delivery. Sn 23548 (in FS box) £1,595.00 |
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Victorian British WD (Possible Montgomery Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein Family Connections) 1857 Pattern Royal Engineers / Royal Artillery Officer’s Sword By Robert Mole & Sons Birmingham With Brass Scabbard. - 23549 Royal Engineers’ officers carried standard infantry pattern swords from 1786. In the Victorian era, the Royal Engineers established a specific and unique role for themselves and underlined their independence with a new design of sword. It is one of the most attractive of British Victorian sword designs and features a pierced gilt brass bowl hilt, with deep scrolled acanthus leafed decoration. This pattern of sword was carried until the late nineteenth century when it was replaced by the 1892/1895, and finally, the 1897 Pattern Infantry Officer’s Sword (see page 178 of World Swords by Withers). The Sword has a 32 ½” single edged blade with partial fullers (38 ¾” overall). The blade is clean. The ricasso is crisply marked by the manufacturer ‘Robert Mole & Sons Birmingham’ and has the ordnance acceptance star and inlaid proof roundel. Both sides of the blade have etched panels featuring the Queen’s Crown & Royal Cypher ‘VR’ (Victoria Regina). The blade also has etched Royal Engineers & Royal Artillery devices & indistinct stylised monogram above motto within banner ‘honneur sans repose" (French translates to: honour without rest. This is the family motto adopted by several branches of the British Montgomery family, possible Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976 family connections). The hilt is fitted with its original leather washer. It has the correct ornate brass voided bowl guard knurled brass pommel and grip strap. It has the correct fish skin grip with wire binding which is tight and intact. The sword has its original correct brass scabbard with 2 hanging rings and shoe. The price for this sword worthy of further research regarding the monogram and Montgomery family motto includes UK delivery. Sn 23549 £795.00 |
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WW2 Era Japanese Collaborating Burmese Forces Officer's / NCO’s Katana Sword With Burmese Dha Sword Form Silver Plated Brass Hilt Fittings, Scabbard With Leather Field Service Cover & Expert Assessment. Sn 23484:104 - 23484:104 An original WW2 Japanese emergency Burmese collaborating forces sword. The sword has been assessed by UK Japanese sword expert Bill Tagg. A copy of his hand written notes and illustrations accompany the sword. In his assessment he states “Made on campaign emergency or collaborating forces Japanese style / type sword. It looks a genuine 2nd war period sword. From the fittings & mounts it says made in Burma local wood saya with typical hilt, top & bottom caps of silver plated brass, you see on the Burmese Dha (sword) made by native craftsman. The iron plate tsuba has been engraved and chased remains of silver inlay, typical Burmese work. Officers and NCO's in the national Burma army were allowed to carry swords (symbol of rank). The blade looks made by a blacksmith, someone with a basic knowledge of Japanese arsenal forging techniques. It has a oil tempered hamon line with nioi crystal edging (see Japanese military and civil swords and dirks, Richard Fuller & Ron Gregory published 1996 airlife publishing for a full chapter on these swords. There were over fifty five thousand men in Burma national army by 1943, changed sides & fought with British troops.There were volunteers serving with Japanese forces in every country occupied by Japan from 1932 to 1945. An interesting example of its type with genuine wear and patination for its 80 odd years of age”. In his illustrations Bill measures the cutting edge as 61.5 cms, total length 80 cms and describes other blade and tang measurements & characteristics which can be seen in image 2. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23484:104 £975.00 |
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WW1 1914 British Enfield WD 1908 Pattern Heavy Cavalry Troopers Sword With Leather Cord & Acorn Portepee & 1915 Enfield WD Scabbard. Sn 23484:105 - 23484:105 This is an original British 1908 Pattern Heavy Cavalry Troopers sword & scabbard. It has an undamaged 35" single edged blade with fullers (43" overall). The ricasso is date marked ’12 14 (December 1914) and fitted with leather hilt washer. There are also inspection marks including EFD (Enfield) mark and WD broad arrow. The spine of the blade has ‘P08’ designation (pattern 1908). The bowl guard has no visible Regiment or date marks. It has a clean undamaged chequered wood grip with correct thumb recess. The hilt is fitted with original Leather Cord & Acorn Portepee in excellent condition. It is complete with its original steel scabbard with fixed hanging rings. The scabbard has some minor dents consistent with age and service use. The scabbard has WD inspection marks, EFD Enfield mark together with ‘1*’ and ’15 date (1915). The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23484:105 £595.00 |
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Early 20th Century / WW1 Era Imperial German Field Artillery / Cavalry Sabre Form Sword Langet Regiment Marked ‘95’ (95th Regiment) & Scabbard. Sn 23484:106 - 23484:106 This is an unusual Early 20th Century / WW1 Era Imperial German Sabre. The sword has features of Field Artillery & Cavalry sabres of the era. It has a clean, curved 32 ½” sabre un-fullered blade & measures 38” overall length. It has the typical Imperial German form curved wire bound ribbed grip and flat curved knuckle bow guard. The cross guard unusually has ball finials. The blade has its original hilt washer. No maker marks are visible on the blade where they would normally be found under the guard langets. The langets are both marked ‘95’ within line decoration most likely a Regiment designation (95th Regiment ?). The sword has its steel mounted leather scabbard with 2 hanging rings. The price for this sword worthy of further research includes UK delivery. Sn 23484:106 £395.00 |
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