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19th Century Piha Kaetta Sinhalese Sri Lankan Knife With Ornate Tooled Blade Highlighted With Silver, Brass And Copper & Carved Horn Hilt Inlaid With Silver Decoration. ED 2557 - ED 2557
The Sinhalese are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group of the island of Sri Lanka. This Piha Kaetta Sinhalese Knife was made sometime in the 19th century (see page499 of A Glossary Of The Construction Decoration & Use Of Arms & Armour by Stone where similar knives are illustrated) . It has the typical 7” single edge blade with panels of ornate tooled decoration highlighted in silver, brass and copper. The blade has just staining consistent with age and is sharp. The knife measures 10 ½” overall and has an undamaged curved horn hilt carved with foliate decoration and mounted with silver & brass escutcheons. The curved brass pommel cap has tooled decoration as does its flamboyant brass finger guard. As is common, the knife is without scabbard. The price includes UK delivery. ED 2557. (Drawers)
£395.00

C1850 T.B. Elliss Large 6 Bore Percussion Muzzle Loading Wildfowling / Sporting Shotgun With Damascus Steel Barrel & Ramrod. Sn 20472 - 20472
This is an excellent wildfowling/ sporting gun. This gun is 49” overall length. It is a large 6 bore and has a 32 ½” Damascus steel barrel. Its smooth bore has light staining and residue consistent with age and use. It has an excellent walnut stock with chequered wrist, German Silver fore stock cap and stock mounts including an inlaid void disc to the top of the wrist. The stock has a steel butt plate with extended tang. The action plate is signed by the maker ‘T.B Elliss’ (most likely Thomas Elliss recorded in Swaffham, Norfolk 1845 see page 95 of English Gunmakers By De Witt Bailey & Douglas Nie, we cannot find another maker with the surname spelt ELLISS). The action plate also has an engraved game Birds in the field scene. It has a heavy steel Dolphin hammer. The metal work has scrollwork decoration and the trigger guard has an extended tang with pineapple finial. The barrel has a small bead foresight. The piece is complete with its original ebonised wood ramrod with brass end cap and tip which unscrews to reveal a worm. Its cocking & firing actions work perfectly. The price for this large bore fowling / sporting gun worthy of further research regarding the maker includes UK delivery. NB As an antique percussion shotgun no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of collection or display. Sn 20472
£1,200.00

WW1 Era Improvised Italian Fighting Knife Trench Fighting Dagger & Scabbard Both Made From A Cut Down Italian Bayonet & Scabbard. Sn 20419 - 20419
This is an unusual WW1 era Italian Improvised Fighting Knife & Scabbard made from an unknown pattern of cut down Italian form bayonet and scabbard. The knife has a 6 ¼” single edged blade which has no damage and central fullers. It measures 10” overall. It has small slab wood grips secured by rivets & steel cross guard absent muzzle ring. The grips have some old stable worm holes. The grip frame has a small undersized mortice for rifle bayonet lug and there is no release button present found on most bayonets. The button and muzzle ring were both most likely removed when converting to fighting knife. The knife is complete with its improvised scabbard no doubt made from a cut down bayonet scabbard. The leather scabbard has rear seam and brass throat mount with frog locket and external chape. The scabbard’s leather and stitching are clean and intact. The price includes UK delivery Sn 20419
£195.00

**SCARCE**WW2 Era Romanian Axis Powers Army Officer’s Eagle’s Head Hilt Dress Dagger With Crown MI (King Michael 1st) Device & Scabbard With Original Leather Frog. Sn 20192 - 20192
In WW2 Romania joined the Axis Powers on 23 November 1940. As a member of the Axis, Romania joined the invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) on 22 June 1941, providing equipment and oil to Nazi Germany as well as committing more troops to the Eastern Front than all the other allies of Germany combined. Romanian forces played a large role during fighting in Ukraine, Bessarabia, Stalingrad and elsewhere. Romanian troops were responsible for the persecution and massacre of 260,000 Jews in Romanian-controlled territories, though half of the Jews living within Romania itself survived the war. Romania controlled the third largest Axis army in Europe and the fourth largest Axis army in the world, only behind the three principal Axis powers of Germany, Japan, and Italy. Michael I (25 October 1921 – 5 December 2017) was the last king of Romania, reigning from 20 July 1927 to 8 June 1930 and again from 6 September 1940 until his forced abdication on 30 December 1947. This is an original WW2 Era Romanian Axis Powers Army Officer’s Eagle’s Head Hilt Dress Dagger With Crown MI (King Michael 1st) Device & Scabbard With Original Leather Frog. The small dagger measures 9” overall. It has a nickel plated brass Eagle’s head hilt with red glass eyes. Its chequered polished horn scales are secured by 2 rivets. One scale has the ‘brass crown above MI’ device of King Michael the first. The hilt has a nickel plated brass finger guard with slightly curved quillon. The unsharpened 5 ½” long blade has staining consistent with age. The knife is complete with its original nickel plated steel scabbard with frog bar and ball tip. The scabbard is fitted with original leather frog which has 2 belt loops and steel buckles. All leather and stitching of the frog are intact. There are no maker or date marks on the dagger, scabbard or frog. The price for this scarce Axis Powers piece includes UK delivery. Sn 20192
£745.00

WW1 German Deer's Foot Trench Dagger Marked 'Acier Superieur Garanti' & Scabbard. ED 2212 - ED 2212
This is an original German WW1 Trench Dagger. It has a deer's foot handle with brass ferrule and wave steel crossguard. It has a clean 5 ¼ " blade with medial ridge (10" overall). The hilt is fitted with original felt washer. The blade is crisply marked by the manufacturer 'Acier Superieur Garanti' between 2 Anchors. The dagger is complete with original thin wood scabbard which has a thin covering of leather *open to one side*. The price includes UK delivery. ED 2212
£275.00

German WW1 Fighting/Trench Knife And Scabbard. ED 881. - ED 881
This is an original German WW1 fighting/trench knife with a wooden grip and a 6 1/8 inch blade sharpened for its length on one edge. The other has a short false edge. The crossguard and ferrule are made of steel. The knife is contained in its original steel scabbard which retained some of its original black paint and the remains of its belt loop. See Frederick J Stephens book Fighting Knives page 37 items 154 – 156 for similar knives. ED 881 (in German Knives box)
£175.00

Victorian English George Butler & Co Trinity Works Sheffield Spear Point Bowie Knife With Stag Antler Scales & Leather Scabbard. Sn 18963. - Sn 18963
The English cutlers George Butler & Co Sheffield are recorded C1810-1952 located at their Trinity Works (see pages 169-170 of the Sheffield Knife Book by Tweedale). This is an original Victorian era English Bowie by George Butler & Co made their Trinity Works address with Scabbard. It has stag antler scales & brass finger guard with ball ends. One scale has an old stable &secure fine crack. It has a 5 ¾” single edged, blade, marked by the manufacturer ‘George Butler & Co Trinity Works Sheffield England’ & ‘key’ trademark. The blade has staining consistent with age and use. The knife measures 10 ¼” overall length. Its open top brown leather scabbard has an integral belt loop. The scabbard has areas of surface wear to be expected with age and use. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 18963
£375.00

German Folding Bowie Knife and Scabbard. ED 2529. - ED 2529
The knife has a 7 1/2" steel single edged blade with false edge. The blade is released from it's open locked position by folding over a steel tab at the base of the grips and pressing, the blade then folds into the handle and locks firmly leaving a useful shorter blade bowie knife (4" blade) The grips are antler and retained with six brass pin rivets. German silver shield-shaped escutcheon, with an amateur engraving which will polish out. Contained in its original russet leather form-fitted scabbard with integral belt loop and German silver tip. Condition: Very good. Blade showing light age related wear which should polish out. Mechanically sound. Scabbard near perfect. The belt loop appears to have been restitched. There are no makers marks on the blade, however, this most probably will have been made in Weyersberg, Solingen. The price includes U.K. delivery. ED 2529.
£545.00

Late 1800's Morrocan Jambiya Knife with Inlaid Wooden Hilt & Curved Double Edged Blade Etched Panel and Scabbard. ED 2705. - ED 2705
The Jambiya also known as the Arab knife is in some modification found in every country in which the Arabs have lived. The blade is always curved and double edged. The finest quality examples of these knives are found in Persia & India (see pages 310 to 314 of ‘A Glossary Of The Construction Decoration & Use Of Arms & Armour’ by Stone where many variants of Jambiya are described and illustrated). This is an excellent Morrocan Jambiya made sometime in the late 1800's. It has a typical 9 ¾” long double edged dramatically curved steel blade with correct medial ridges on both sides. The hardwood hilt is undamaged and has inlaid steel fittings including pommel cap. The dagger measures 16” overall length. The heavy metal scabbard is overlaid with Morrocan scrolls and has two shaped hangers either side of the mouth. The price includes UK delivery. ED 2705.
£245.00

Georgian Era C1750 British Naval Midshipman’s Dirk / Dagger With Antique Marine Ivory Hilt & Scabbard. Sn 19128 - Sn 19128
Naval forces began to use dirks in the mid to late 1700s. Historians differ on whether dirks originated with the Danish Navy or the British Royal Navy but they were widely used by England’s sea service. During the period 1780 to 1820, the Officer/ Midshipmen strength of the Royal Navy varied from about 3,500 to 6,000. Despite the popular notion that only Midshipmen used dirks, early paintings show dirks worn by high-ranking Naval Officers as well as Midshipmen. This original British Navy Midshipman’s fighting dirk has a clean 8 ½” long double edged dagger blade. The blade has no visible manufacturer or date marks. The dirk measures 12” overall and has an antique marine ivory handle with brass finger guard and ball top brass pommel cap. The dirk is complete with original brass mounted leather scabbard which has a single brass hanging ring. All leather and stitching of the scabbard are clean and intact. The price for this Georgian era Midshipman’s dirk with scabbard includes UK delivery. Sn 19128 (NB Ivory Content Comprises less Than 10% Volume & Weight)
£475.00
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