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**QUALITY MAKER**SHORT BARREL**C1840 Durs Egg London 50 Bore Percussion Overcoat Traveling Pistol With Octagonal Steel Barrel & Captive Steel Ram Rod. Sn 23112 - 23112 Durs Egg (1748–1831) was a Swiss-born British gunmaker, noted for his quality pistols and for his company's production of the Ferguson rifle. Egg was apprenticed in Solothurn and Paris before establishing his own business in London in 1772. He was a contemporary of Joseph Manton, Jean Samuel Pauly and the uncle of Joseph Egg. When the famous gunsmith Durs Egg died in 1831 his Son John Egg took over the business operating at Haymarket London. In 1839 The business name reverted to Durs Egg at 4 Pall Mall London until 1854 then at 4 Colonnade Pall Mall from 1855 to 1865. This is a quality percussion traveling pistol by Durs Egg London made Circa 1840. The pistol has hand tooled foliate decoration on the action plate, hammer, trigger guard and action tang. The action plate is signed by the quality maker ‘D. Egg’. The pistol measures 7 ¼” overall making it ideal for concealment in an overcoat pocket when traveling & has a 3” octagonal steel barrel with brass post fore sight. The top barrel flat is signed ‘London' & the barrel has English black powder proofs. The smooth bore is clean. The original walnut stock is undamaged with just light bumps & bruises to be expected with age & handling. The top of the stock is inlaid with void white metal escutcheon. The pistol has a captive steel ram rod. The cocking & firing actions work crisply. The price for this pistol by a prestigious maker includes UK delivery. NB No licence is required to own this antique percussion pistol in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 23112 (drawers office) £695.00 |
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SOLD SOLD (02/01 lAY-AWAY) **QUALITY MAKER**NAPOLEONIC WARS ERA**Georgian British Cavalry Officer’s 1799 Pattern Durs Egg London .650 Carbine Calibre Flintlock Light Dragoon Pistol With Regulation Brass Fittings. Sn 23164 - 23164 Durs Egg (1748–1831) was a Swiss-born British gunmaker, noted for his quality pistols and for his company's production of the Ferguson rifle. Egg was apprenticed in Solothurn and Paris before establishing his own business in London in 1772. He was a contemporary of Joseph Manton, Jean Samuel Pauly and the uncle of Joseph Egg. When the famous gunsmith Durs Egg died in 1831 his Son John Egg took over the business operating at Haymarket London. In 1839 The business name reverted to Durs Egg at 4 Pall Mall London until 1854 then at 4 Colonnade Pall Mall from 1855 to 1865. This is an original British 1799 Pattern Durs Egg London .650 Carbine Calibre Flintlock Light Dragoon Pistol by Durs Egg. The pistol has all original wood work with regulation brass fittings, including trigger guard with extended tang, fore end block & cudgel butt. The walnut full stock has age and service use related knocks, bumps and bruises & some old stable repairs. It has a heavy military cock fitted with flint & brass capped wood ram rod. The pistol measures 15 ½” overall with a 9” round steel unsighted barrel. The smooth bore has staining consistent with age and use. The barrel has English black powder proofs. The lock plate is signed by the quality maker ‘D. Egg’ & has Georgian King’s Crown & Royal Cypher ‘GR’ (George Rex) indicating military issue. The action works crisply. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique flintlock pistol no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 23164 £0.00 |
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**HIGH GRADE SMITH**WW2 Japanese Army Gunzoku (Military Civilian Employee) Officer’s Gendaito Hand Forged Katana Long Sword Smith Signed Tang ‘NOSHU JU MORITA KANE SHIGE KIN SAKU’ Scabbard With Leather Field Combat Cover & Expert Assessment. Sn 23059 - 23059 An original WW2 Japanese Officer's Sword and Scabbard. 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 extracts from his notes he states “Gunzoku katana (army civilian employee) sword with hand forged (gendaito) blade signed by its maker, shoshin mei genuine signature NOSHU JU MORITA KANE SHIGE KIN SAKU see John Slough book of second war swordsmiths page No. 63 for oshigata and info on this man. Real name Morita Isamu born 1900 student of Mizuta Sei Jiro Kuni Shige. Won highest award in 1939 National exhibition rated 1 Million Yen, man making high grade gendaito. In very good old polish, few scratches. Saya wood with extra reinforcing brass strips under leather field service cover, in good condition for its age. Habaki brass with etched armoury storage number 282-180064 ? Tsuba is gunzoku civilian pattern mokko shape in brass (been gilt) with flower decoration complete with several seppa & o seppa. Tsuka (hilt) is gunzoku pattern (civilian) with later war shortages plastic imitation Same fish skin. Brown military ito wrap with 2 sets of menuki (rare). One standard gunto showa blossoms in gilt brass, other pair a spray of flowers & leaves in shakudo metal ? never seen this before. Finished off with rank tassel tied on hanging ring of scabbard (Lieutenant to Captain rank tassel). There is no hole to be fitted with sarute loop. Fuchi kashira are civilian (flowers) in brass, matching tsuba. A scarce pattern sword in untouched collectors condition”. In his illustrations Bill translates the signature on the tang. He describes the cutting edge as 67.5 cms & total length 88.5 cms. He also describes & measures other blade characteristics which can be seen in the images. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23059 £2,250.00 |
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C1700 – 1800 Japanese Late Edo Period Mino School Work Very Small Ko Wakizashi Possible Period Boy’s Coming Of Age Festival Sword With Ko-Gatana Side Knife, Scabbard, Carry Bag / Cover & Expert Assessment. Sn 23063 - 23063 An original Japanese small Sword and scabbard. 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 extracts from his notes he states “Ko-wakizashi ? Very small sword possibly made for boy’s festival coming of age ceremony, a scaled down katana unsigned looks mid to late Edo period 1700 to 1800. Looks like Mino influenced work shape of tang & what looks like gunome midare hamon (temperline) vaguely showing through the old finger rust & old buff marks needs a professional polish to see work. Fittings (mounts). Saya (scabbard) black lacquer with bright green speckled cloud decoration some old damage and end cap missing. Has ko-gatana (side knife) fitted in pocket blade is signed but unreadable with old rust. Kodjuka (hilt) shows chidori (small birds) flying under large waves signed ‘teru hide’ & kaikihan (seal) omori school style work (undercut waves) bit of wear to it. Tsuba is oval (brass) been gilt showing man with stick pointing at a rabbit with copper rim & one copper plug Hitso Ana nicely engraved circa 1800. Couple nice castellated seppas. Tsuka has old worn black ito over dirty fish skin wrap. Fuchi / Kashira (end caps) are copper been some gilding. Depicts Fish & Waves possibly same workshop as Kodjuka, worn. Menuki difficult to see looks like Motei with his sack in Shakudo & gilt nice quality. When new this would have looked a special sword. Worthy of restoration”. In his illustrations Bill describes the cutting edge as 31 cms & total length as 43 cms. He also describes & measures other blade characteristics which can be seen in the images. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23059 (in Tanto box armoury) £975.00 |
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**SOLD 7/1**RARE**1920's Webley Mark 1 .22 Calibre Air Pistol With Wood Grips. Sn 23160 - 23160 This is an excellent 1920's Webley Mark 1, .22 Calibre Air Pistol (See pages 16 to 20 of Bruce's book Webley Air Pistols). It has excellent undamaged metal work with all of its original finish and superb wood grips with correct inlaid Webley 'winged bullet' roundel on one grip only. The left side of the frame is stamped serial number '21052' and with the 'Webley & Scott Ltd Birmingham & London' manufacturers detail together with 1925 Great Britain, Belgium, France, USA & Canada Patents. The right side is marked ' Webley Air Pistol Mark I Made In England' together with Japan, Switzerland, Australia, Spain Italy & Germany 1923 and 1924 Patents. The breech block has the correct Webley sliding barrel release catch. It has an adjustable rear sight & blade fore sight. The left side above the trigger has the correct safety catch feature. The rifled bore is clean & the pistol cocks and fires crisply. The price for this piece of Air Pistol history includes UK delivery. Sn 23160 £0.00 |
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**MINT**WW1 Hiatt & Co Birmingham 1914-1919 Dated, Polychrome Decorated British Blackburn Special Constable’s Lignum Vitae Tropical Hard Wood Presentation Police Truncheon & Leather Wrist Strap. Sn 23152 - 23152 This is an original near mint WW1 lignum vitae tropical hardwood Blackburn Special Constabulary Presentation Police Truncheon dated 1914-1919. It is 15 ½” length. The wood is undamaged and features colourful Polychrome decoration, the Kings Crown with Royal Cypher (George Rex) together with Blackburn heraldic arms above banner ‘Blackburn’, ‘Special Constable’ & ‘1914-1919’ date. It has a deep grooved grip with rounded butt and recess for wrist strap. The recess is fitted with leather wrist strap. The butt of the grip is Impressed by the maker ‘Hiatt & Co Birmingham’. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23152 £295.00 |
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**Very Rare.** British Martini Enfield .402 Inch (.402 x 2 ¾ inch) RL 4979 Tapered Case Trials Round. - O 2294 The history of the .4 inch Enfield cartridge for the Martini Rifles is British service is somewhat convoluted. The cartridge was developed for a modification Martini Henry rifles, the standard service rifle with a reduced bore but the same weight of bullet ad powder charge with the desire to find a new cartridge for both rifle and machine gun. This was called the Martini Enfield Mark 1 rifle. The round was little used, having been eclipsed by the adoption of the Lee Metford Rifle and ended up as a little used cartridge solely for machine guns which only remained in service for a few years being declared obsolete in 1898. The original .402 Martini Enfield Mark 1 rifles were barrelled with the standard .577/450 chamber and issued as the Martini Henry rifle mark 4. This is an early tapered cased round with the RL number RL 4979 which was developed before the bottle necked service round was trialled. The cartridge case bears no headstamp and is fitted with a copper percussion primer. The round has a 384 grain solid lead paper patched bullet held in with a straight crimp at the case neck. The price for this round includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess inert rounds in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. O 2294 £225.00 |
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INERT DEACTIVATED. Scarce, New Zealand, 10 Round, 1917 Dated, .303 Mark VI Ball Round Service Pack. - O 2295 INERT DEACTIVATED. This is a scarce, original New Zealand 1917 dated, 10 round service pack of unfired British .303 mark VI ball service rounds in its original buff coloured package closed by red string and is printed in red C.A.C. CARTRIDGES S.A.BALL .303 CORDITE 1917 C.A.C. Mark VI. The rounds are individually separated by a thin paper wrap entwining them. The rounds have a brass cartridge case which are headstamped CAC (Colonial Ammunition Company, New Zealand) 16 (1916 date) VI. (round nosed mark 6 bullet). The rounds are fitted with a copper primer The price for this scarce WW1 New Zealand 10 round service pack 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. O 2295 £275.00 |
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INERT DEACTIVATED. Scarce, Indian, Kirkee Arsenal 10 Round, 1937 Dated, .303 Mark VII Ball Round Service Pack. - O 2296 INERT DEACTIVATED. This is a scarce, original Indian, Kirkee Arsenal, 1937 dated, 10 round service pack of unfired British .303 mark VII ball service rounds in its original buff coloured package closed by buff string and is printed in red 10 CARTRIDGES S.A. BALL .303 INCH CORDITE 20 8 37 K.F Mark VII the Indian government mark A . The rounds are individually separated by a thin paper wrap entwining them. The rounds have a brass cartridge case which are headstamped K (Indian mark) F VII (mark 7 bullet) 8-37 (August 1937 date). The rounds are fitted with a copper primer held in with a heavy ring crimp. The price for this scarce WW2 era Indian Arsenal 10 round service pack 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. O 2296 £245.00 |
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INERT DEACTIVATED. Scarce, Australian, 10 Round, 1925 Dated, .303 Mark VII Ball Round Service Pack. - O 2297 INERT DEACTIVATED. This is a scarce, Australian original 1925 dated, 10 round service pack of unfired British .303 mark VII ball service rounds in its original buff coloured package closed by buff string and is printed in red CARTRIDGES S.A. BALL .303 Inch 1925 (date) Mark VII A Crowfoot F (Small Arms Ammunition Factory No. 1 in Footscray, Australia). The rounds are individually separated by a thin paper wrap entwining them. The rounds have a brass cartridge case which are headstamped A crowfoot F (Small Arms Ammunition Factory No. 1 in Footscray, Australia) VII (mark 7 bullet) 4 25 (April 1925 date). The rounds are fitted with a copper primer secured with a light ring crimp. The price for this scarce WW2 era Indian Arsenal 10 round service pack 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. O 2297 £245.00 |
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INERT DEACTIVATED. British, WW1, 1916 Dated .455 Webley Revolvers 6 Round Service Pack. - O 2298 INERT DEACTIVATED. This is an original WW1, 1916 dated (packed 28.10.16) British military service pack of 6 inert .455” cartridges for the .455 Webley service revolvers. The service pack is in its original buff coloured package closed by buff string and is printed in red N .6 CARTRIDGES S.A. BALL PISTOL WEBLEY 28 10 16 R crowfoot L (Royal Laboratories) MARK II a crowfoot ISAA . The rounds are loaded with a 265 grain lead bullet and are headstamped R L ll (Royal Laboratories Mark 2). This is an original, rare WW1 complete pack in excellent condition. 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. O 2298 £175.00 |
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WWII Era Nazi German 8 Round Magazine with Correct Alloy Butt for the Luger P08 9mm Parabellum Semi Automatic Pistol. Sn - 23120 The Parabellum Pistole (Pistol Parabellum), commonly known as the Luger or Luger P08 and is a toggle-locked recoil-operated semi-automatic pistol. The Luger was produced in several models and by several nations from 1898 to 1948. This is an original WW2 era, 8 Round Magazine for the Luger PO 8 9mm Parabellum Semi-Automatic Pistol. The magazine retains its original nickel plated finish and is correctly slotted for inspection and has a strong spring action. The magazine loads as it should. The magazine has the correct WW2 era alloy butt toggle. *Magazine Only*. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23120 £225.00 |
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