Swords
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**AS FOUND**WW1 1915 British Officer’s WD Enfield 1908 Pattern Heavy Cavalry Troopers Sword With Leather Cord & Acorn Portepee & Scabbard. ED 3043 - ED 3043 This is an original British 1908 Pattern Heavy Cavalry Troopers sword & scabbard. It is as found & has an undamaged 35 ½” single edged blade with fullers (43" overall). The ricasso is date marked ’11/15’ (November 1915) and fitted with original leather hilt washer. It also has WD arrow & EFD (Enfield) manufacturer mark. The spine has ‘08’ (pattern). The bowl guard has no discernible Regiment, maker or date marks. It has a clean undamaged chequered hilt with correct thumb recess to strengthen grip. The guard is fitted with original leather cord with acorn portepee. It is complete with its original steel scabbard with fixed hanging rings. The scabbard has no discernible date, maker or Regiment marks. The price includes UK delivery. ED 3043 £595.00 |
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Commemorative Full Size Reproduction Of French Emperor Napoleon I’s Ceremonial Sword With Ornate Cast Hilt, Blued & Gilt Panels Etched Blade Mounted On Wooden Display Board With Identification Plaque. Sn 23306 - 23306 Napoleon I (Napoléon Bonaparte 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was Emperor of the French from 18 May 1804 until his first abdication in 1814, with a brief restoration during the Hundred Days in 1815. He rose to prominence as a general during the French Revolution and led a series of military campaigns across Europe and North Africa during the Napoleonic Wars. He was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo and exiled to Saint Helena, where he died in 1821. This is a Commemorative Full Size reproduction of Napoleon I’s Ceremonial Sword With Ornate Cast Hilt, Blued & Gilt Panels Etched Blade in excellent condition Mounted On Wooden Display Board With Identification Plaque. The hilt is ornate cast brass with martial themes and cross guard with Lion’s head finials. The blade is 27” length and has blued and gilt etched panels on both sides featuring Martial devices. The sword measures 34” overall length. The sword is mounted on a wooden display board. The sword sits neatly on purpose made mounts and can easily be lifted off the board if required. The tip of the secured has a protective plastic tip cover and the tip sits in a small wooden block (the block has a small area of damage on one side that could easily be repaired and is illustrated in the images). The board has a brass plaque engraved in French which roughly translates to ‘Ceremonial Sword Of Emperor Napoleon I’. There are no maker or date marks on the sword or display board. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23306 (in armoury against gun rack) £275.00 |
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WW1 Era Imperial German Artillery Officer Dress Sword With Lion’s Head Pommel & Scabbard. Sn 23281 - 23281 This is an attractive, original Imperial German Artillery Officer's dress sword in as found un-messed with condition. The sword has a cast metal guard ornately decorated and cross guard with Puma’s head finial. The hilt has original gold paint finish. The cross guard has langets, one decorated with artillery crossed cannons device the other with decorated shield. It has a Lion’s head pommel and the grip strap has Lion’s mane and foliate devices. It has an undamaged grooved polished horn grip with wire binding tight and intact. The sword measures 35” overall and its 29 ½” single edged, curved blade with fullers has just small areas of light staining consistent with age. There are no visible maker marks on the blade. The blade is fitted with original hilt washer. The sword is complete with its original steel scabbard with gold painted steel hanging ring. The scabbard has no dents. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23281 £375.00 |
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Victorian Era Japanese Tourist Export Wakizashi Short Sword With Ornately Hand Carved Ox Bone Handle & Scabbard With Original Plaited Silk Hanging Cord. Sn 23304 - 23304 The Wakizashi is a traditional short sword carried as a companion to a Katana (see page 11 of Military Swords Of Japan by Fuller & Gregory). This is an excellent original late 19th Century Japanese Wakizashi Sword With Beautiful Carved Ox Bone Handle & Scabbard no doubt a Tourist export piece. The sword has a sharp 15 ½” single edged blade and measures 25” overall length (30 ½” in its scabbard). The blade has no damage and just areas of staining consistent with age. Its handle and scabbard made of the bone from the shin of an Ox are ornately hand carved with attractive imagery of Japanese Noblemen & Monk characters dressed in traditional Japanese Costume, the bone has even aged patina. The scabbard has 2 holed bone pegs fitted with original plaited silk hanging cord. The price for this hand crafted Japanese piece includes UK delivery. Sn 23304 £345.00 |
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Victorian Era Japanese Tourist Export Wakizashi Short Sword With Ornately Hand Carved Ox Bone Handle & Scabbard With Original Plaited Silk Hanging Cord. Sn 23303 - 23303 The Wakizashi is a traditional short sword carried as a companion to a Katana (see page 11 of Military Swords Of Japan by Fuller & Gregory). This is an excellent original late 19th Century Japanese Wakizashi Sword With Beautiful Carved Ox Bone Handle & Scabbard no doubt a Tourist export piece. The sword has a sharp 15 ¼” single edged blade with brass habaki (collar) at the hilt and measures just under 25” overall length (30 ¼” in its scabbard). The blade has no damage and just areas of staining consistent with age. Its handle and scabbard made of the bone from the shin of an Ox are ornately hand carved with attractive imagery of Japanese Noblemen & Monk characters dressed in traditional Japanese Costume, the bone has even aged patina. The scabbard has 2 holed bone pegs fitted with original plaited silk hanging cord. The price for this hand crafted Japanese piece includes UK delivery. Sn 23303 £345.00 |
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SOLD SOLD (23/03) BOER WAR ERA**1900 Dated Victorian British WD Enlisted Soldier’s 1895 Pattern Infantry Regiments Drummer’s / Bugler’s Brass Hilt Short Sword & Scabbard Regiment Marked ‘RA 25’ To The Royal Artillery Weapon 25. Sn 23265:13 - 23265:13 Unlike Bandsmen, drummers & buglers were enlisted soldiers who fought alongside their comrades. These swords are usually Regiment marked on both their hilts and scabbards (see page 172 of World Swords by Withers where a Pattern 1895 drummers & buglers sword with the same hilt as ours is illustrated). This original Pattern 1895 drummers & buglers sword in good condition for its age and length of service. It has a 13” long double edged steel blade with medial ridge and it is just under 18 ½” overall length. The blade is fitted with original leather hilt washer. The blade has just staining and a few nibbles to one cutting edge consistent with age & service use. The blade has British WD marks partially obscured by the hilt’s langets and ‘00’ date (1900) indicating Boer War era issue. It has the correct cast brass hilt With central Victorian Royal Cypher ‘VR’ (Victoria Regina) on both sides. The rounded pommel and cast hilt have struck out Regiment numbers and the pommel has faint Regiment mark ‘R.A 25’ To The Royal Artillery Weapon 25. The sword is complete with its original black leather scabbard with brass throat mount which has a frog locket and chape. The throat mount has matching Regiment mark ‘R.A 25’ and ‘3/23’(March 1923 date indicating long miliary service re-issue after the Boer wars, through WW1 into the inter war years). The tip of the chape is stamped with matching number ‘25’. The leather and stitching of the scabbard are clean & intact. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23265:13 (on top of gun rack armoury) £0.00 |
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SOLD SOLD (23/03) WW1 Era British Officer's Brown Leather Bound Wood Swagger Dagger Sword Stick With Blued & Etched Panels Blade. Sn 23265:12 - 23265:12 An original WW1 era British Officer’s, brown leather cord covered swagger sword stick. It has an 12 ¾” steel blade which narrows to a pin sharp point. The blade has blued and etched panels for approx. half of its length on both sides (illustrated). It measures 22 ¾” overall in its scabbard. The blade has some areas of light staining consistent with age, but is straight and undamaged (there are no manufacturer or date marks). The leather cord binding of the hilt and scabbard are tight and intact. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23265:12 (on top of gun rack armoury) £0.00 |
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**HIGH GRADE GENDAITO HAND FORGED SMITH SIGNED EMURA BLADE**Japanese Officer’s Type 98 Shin Gunto Sword & Scabbard With Medal Group & Memorabilia To Peter Moddrel British Royal Signals POW & Torpedo Ship Wreck Survivor & UK Expert Assessment. Sn 23308 - 23308 This is an important collection direct from the family of a British Soldier who not only survived being a POW but was also the survivor of a Torpedo attack ship sinking. The memorabilia accompanying the sword has a framed newspaper cutting, Regiment group photo & illustration of the Torpedoed ship that carried Peter Moddrel. The albums contain many original period, tourist, family and service black & white photographs. The sword with the collection has been examined by UK Japanese sword expert Bill Tagg. His assessment also accompanies the collection. His assessment states “A Type 98 Shin Gunto (Army) Officer’s Sword. Blade is traditionally forged (Gendaito) water tempered. It is signed (Soshumei) genuine signature: EMURA. Chounsai Emura was a self-taught smith who came from Kochi, formerly Tosa Province from 1940 to 1943. He was governor of Okayama Prison where he taught prisoners to make swords as part of their rehabilitation. They were taught polishing by Yoshi Kawa Tsune Jiro. This sword and others I have seen have a really good polish which is still 85% there, bright no finger rust with very tight gunome midare nioi and nie edged temper line with a very tightly forged wood grain. He is rated making medium to high grade Gendaito. For reference to this man see: Japanese Sword Book by Slough (John Slough) page/No. 28 for ref and oshigata. See Markus Sesko’s book on swordsmiths, page 10. Lots on internet showing his various mei. In Metal Gunto scabbard with original paint (scuffed and faded), as are fittings, the bottom fitting/mount is missing. Tsuba is Gunto pattern in brass no gilding left. Has original seppa. Tsuka (hilt) is complete with working locking catch and sarute knot loop which has a Lt to Capt rank tassel (complete) in blue/brown colour. An un-messed with original war souvenir with high quality traditional blade. A collector’s item”. In his illustrations Bill describes the cutting edge of the blade as just under 66cms and overall length as just under 86cms. He also translates the tang signature and describes other blade characteristics & measurements. The sword is accompanied by an important collection of WWII related memorabilia, originally belonging to Peter Moddrel who became a prisoner of war in the Shamshuipo Camp. His memorabilia comprises, the Type 98 Japanese Officer’s sword, a framed set of eight medals, the Regular Service Medal, UN Korea Medal, 1945–48 Medal, 1939–45 Star, the Pacific Star, the 1939–45 Medal, two WWII medals framed in a montage with two photographs, inscribed “Yokohama October ‘45”, with Peter beside a naval officer holding a WWII Japanese katana, also a photograph of Peter’s regiment and a print after an engraving of the Lisbon Maru in the China Sea 2nd October 1942 sinking as a result of torpedoes, 1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment aboard as prisoners of war, and two albums containing various family and military photographs taken by Moddrel and a soldier’s scrapbook initialled ‘AB403’ containing various photographs of military and other scenes. There is also a framed copy of a newspaper cutting featuring Peter Moddrel who was a member of the Royal Signals, first went to Hong Kong in 1937. The price for this sword worthy of further research includes UK delivery, Bill’s assessment and all of the original memorabilia described and illustrated in the images. Sn 23308 (sword in rack armory / memorabilia in box under blue table near stairs office) £2,500.00 |
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**RARE TROPHY OF WAR WITH PAPERS**Reputedly C1600 Ancient Hand Forged Nobukini Sword Smith, Family Blade Japanese Officer’s Sword (Most Likely Made C1890’s) Carried In WW2 Surrendered To British Corporal Evans RASC & UK Expert Assessment. Sn 23265:11 - 23265:11 Corporal T/14943466 Evans. J served with the Royal Army service Corps (RASC) during WW2 and in Malaya 1945-1947 as part of the 2nd Division. On re-organisation of the 2nd Division in 1947 the Corporal, received a Divisional commendation from Major General J.B. Churcher of the 2nd Division, thanking him for his service in Malaya. During his War service the Corporal captured this Japanese sword. It was surrendered to him by Japanese Captain T. Kuroki and is accompanied by its original note of surrender dated 20th October 1946 & signed by the Japanese Captain. In the note addressed to Corporal Evans, the Captain describes the sword as ‘ I certify that this sword was tempered by one of the most famous swordsmiths in Japan some 350 years ago named Nobukuni at the reign of Tokugawa Shogunet Governmet’ and goes on to describe the importance of Japanese swords in the Samurai Warrior culture (the first generation Nobukuni was from Yamashiro Province. He was the son of Ryôkai Hisanobu and he is thought to have been one of the three great students of Soshu Sadamun . He was active in the early to mid 1300’s. The second generation Nobukuni made blades in the middle of the 1300’s while the third generation of smiths by this name worked in the last decade of the 1300’s through about 1430 in the Oei era. Following him in the Oei era there were two Nobukuni smiths of high repute. The first was Minamoto Saemon no Jo Nobukuni and the second was Minamoto Shikibu no Jo Nobukuni. The third generation Nobukuni & successive generations of smiths by this name continued to make high quality blades). The sword also comes with its original British ‘certificate of retention of enemy equipment’ dated 26th February 1947 signed by the Colonel of HQ 555 Sub Area Malaya authorising Corporal Evans to retain the sword as his own property. The sword in its scabbard and with its original papers were found by the family of Corporal Evans, shortly after his death, concealed behind a wardrobe in his family home. The sword has been examined by UK sword expert Bill Tagg and his hand written assessment and illustrations accompany the sword. In his assessment Bill states “Rare trophy of 2nd world war Japanese officer’s sword type 98 shin gunto with period sword retention papers giving permission to own a sword to T/14943466 Corporal J.Evans RASC & certificate of later service in Malaya The blade is unsigned. In my opinion made Circa 1890’s to 1940’s. There is an original letter dated 1946 to J.J Evans signed by a Japanese Captain who owned the sword. The letter gives the age & history of the sword as a 17th century blade by a famous maker (I have seen papers & letters like this before with invented histories & provenances to boost the appeal of the sword possibly to save it from destruction and in hope of getting it returned after the war). In good overall condition. Blade is in bright condition. A polish would remove the light marks on the blade and fully reveal the hamon. Possible Gendaito, handmade mounts in good but used & faded condition with original captain’s rank tassel fitted to sarute loop. Tsuba has manufacturer’s stamp of the Soya Sword Company. An original sword war souvenir with paperwork, a collectors item. N.B. Safety locking catch does not lock sword into scabbard”. In his illustrations Bill describes the cutting edge of the blade as just under 68 cms, full length 85 cms. He also describes other blade measurements and characteristics. The price for this sword worthy of further research includes UK delivery, Bill’s assessment and all of the original paperwork described and illustrated in the images. Sn 23265:11 £1,950.00 |
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SOLD SOLD (14/03) **NAMED**Victorian Era British Army In India Officer’s Presentaton Sikh Kirpan Talwar (Aka Talwaar Or Tulwar) Sword / Sabre With Etched Blade To ‘Capt. J.Ralph By 2.S.L.I (2nd Battalion Somerset Light Victory Kirpan’ & Scabbard. ED 3041 - ED 3041 The kirpan is a blade that Khalsa Sikhs are required to wear as part of their religious uniform, as prescribed by the Sikh Code of Conduct. Traditionally, the kirpan was a full-sized talwar . The talwar (also spelled talwaar and tulwar, is a type of curved sword or sabre from the Indian subcontinent). Like many swords from around the world with an etymology derived from a term meaning simply 'sword'. The typical Talwar is a type of sabre, characterised by a curved blade (without the radical curve of some Persian swords). The Talwar was used by both Cavalry and Infantry. When a blow was struck by a skilled warrior, limbs could be amputated and persons decapitated. The spike attached to the pommel could be used for striking the opponent in extreme close quarter circumstances when it was not always possible to use the blade (see pages 601 and 602 of A Glossary of Arms & Armor by Stone where similar Talwars are described and illustrated). Our example From the Victorian era is of the type carried by British army in Indian Officers. It has all of the correct Kirpan Talwar characteristics & a curved 30 ¾” long, fullered sabre blade, tooled decoration brass knuckle guard and hilt langets and typical tooled brass disc top with spike. The grip is formed of discs of brightly coloured polished horn (the disc closest to the guard is absent a small section of horn which can be seen in the images). The Talwar measures 36 ½” overall length. The blade has just light staining consistent with age and is sharp. The ricasso on both sides is faintly etched with what looks like ‘Gurpan ASA’ most likely an Indian smith or retailer. Both sides have etched decorative panels including ‘Victory’ slogan on one side & ‘Kirpan’ on the reverse. One side has a presentation inscription above the cutting edge obscured by staining which reads ‘Presented To Capt. J.Ralph By 2.S.L.I’. (2nd Battalion Somerset Light Infantry Regiment. In 1822 the Regiment was posted to India where it was later required to take part in the Burmese War (1824-26). This was the start of an extraordinary link with the Indian continent. From then on, apart from a few short periods, there was always one of the Regiment's Battalions serving on the Indian continent. Indeed, the Regiment was to be the last British unit to leave India after its Independence in February 1948. Of all the Battle Honours bestowed upon the Regiment none surpasses that of 'Jellalabad'. The Regiment was besieged by a greatly superior force of Afghans in the town of Jellalabad from November 1841 to April 1842. The conduct of the Regiment during the siege and the courage and resilience of all ranks was legendary). The sword is accompanied by its green cloth covered wood scabbard with rear seam and brass mounts. The scabbard has light surface wear consistent with service carry and age. The price for this sword to a named Officer worthy of further research includes UK delivery. ED 3041 £0.00 |
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