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C1800 – 1840’s Japanese Yori Doshi (Armour Piercing) Aikuchi (Dagger Without Tsuba), Scabbard & Kodjuka (Side Knife) & Expert Assessment. Sn 19377:7 - 19377:7 This Aikuchi has been assessed by UK Japanese sword expert Bill Tagg. A copy of his hand written notes and illustrations accompany the knife. In extracts from his notes he states “C1800 – 1840’s Japanese Yori Doshi (Armour Piercing) Aikuchi (Dagger Without Tsuba). This is an unsigned mumei piece. It is in bright condition but has lots of fine scratches which are obscuring the forging details. Can see an undulating notare hamon line with what looks like a nioi crystal edge. Grain is not visible needs a polish (professional) to see what its like. Saya is speckled black lacquer with dark Buffalo horn mounts & a sentoku-Do (brass with golden hue) Kodjuka side knife in fitted pocket. Unsigned blade, hilt decorated with copper & shakudo leaves good condition with a few marks and scratching. A simple tsuka hilt of brown speckled lacquer with line banding decoration & Buffalo horn fuchi & kashira. There is no sign of menuki hilt ornaments ever being fitted NB small bit of damage horn bottom mount. An attractive looking dagger”. In his illustrations of the blade he observes ‘ cutting edge 7” (length) Total length 9 ¾”, Sujikai right slant file marks (on tang), ridge line (blade spine) is iroi mune, mune is flat (tang)’. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 19377:7 (tanto box armoury floor) £895.00 |
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WW2 Japanese Officer's Type 98 Shin Gunto Katana Sword With Gendaito Hand Forged Blade Smith Signed Tang ‘ISHIDO TERU HIDE SAKU’, Scabbard & Expert Assessment. ED 3016 - ED 3016 An original WW2 Japanese Officer's Type 98 Sword with smith signed tang 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 “A Type 98 army shin gunto officer’s sword, blade signed ‘ISHIDO TERU HIDE SAKU’. There were 3 men using this art name (go) all made gendaito hand forged traditional blades. 2 were brothers from Saitama prefecture North of Tokyo. This man claimed descent from Musashi Daijo Kore Kazu, made many swords for high ranking officers. Listed as having an exclusive seat in 1943 Smiths ranking by Nihon Token Tanren Jo & Ni Hon Token Shin Bun Shi. A blade by him recently got hozen papers by NBTHK. A true Gendaito., see notes by Chris Bowen & AOI Arts for info, also Markus Sesko books pages 196-197, John Slough page 171 and Fuller & Gregory list No. 193 / 291. Needs a polish to bring out forging details. Saya gunto parade steel, brown pait lots of knocks and marks with use. No gilt left on mounts. Tsuba die stamped brass gunto pattern stamped Number 3 as are seppa, no finish left. Tsuka good quality gunto pattern with rare Monkey hand sarute loop. Locking catch missing and missing fish skin in places. Binding intact but dirty. Lots of information on this man. Worthy of restoration”. In his illustrations Bill translates the tang signature. He measures the cutting edge as just over 66 cms, total length 88 cms and describes other blade and tang measurements & characteristics which can be seen in image 2. The price includes UK delivery. ED 3016 £1,695.00 |
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**VERY RARE**1864 British Enfield Tower 2nd Model Brunswick .750 Muzzle Loading Percussion Service Rifle With Patchbox & Sling. Sn 19997:9 - 19997:9 The Brunswick rifle was a large calibre muzzle-loading percussion rifle manufactured for the British Army by Enfield in the early 19th century. The Brunswick rifle was one of several designs submitted to replace the Baker rifle. Unlike the Baker rifle, the Brunswick rifle used a special round ball with raised ribs that fit into two spiraling grooves in the barrel. The rifle was designed to accept a sword type bayonet which mounted by use of a bayonet bar, similar to the design of that used on the Baker rifle. The bayonet bar was relocated further back due to problems that had been experienced with the Baker rifle. The Brunswick rifle used a block front sight and a two position folding leaf rear sight which although ungraduated were set for either 200 or 300 yards. 2nd Model Brunswick rifles were introduced C1845. In 1854 as a result of introduction of the Minie rifle musket, Brunswicks were issued to militia Regiments and remained in service with them into the 1860’s (see page 64 plate 58 and page 65 of British Military Longarms by Bailey). This is a very rare to find 2nd model Enfield Tower Brunswick rifle. The usual calibre of a Brunswick rifle is .704 calibre our variant is .750 musket calibre. It is stamped on the lock plate with Crown VR (Victoria Regina) 1864 date and inspection mark together with Tower (Enfield). It has all original woodwork with correct brass butt plate, trigger guard, fore end block, ram rod mounts, patch box with hinged lid which has the correct 2 compartments, original steel ramrod, sling swivels fitted with leather sling & bayonet bar with notch (the notch on our example is set in the centre of the bar, the same as the example illustrated in Baily’s book). It has the correct fore and 2 leaf rear sights. The correct plain steel barrel has proof / inspection marks and measures 30” in length (1st models had twist steel barrels). The rifle measures 45 ¾” overall. The rifled bore has staining and residue consistent with age & use. The cocking and firing actions work crisply. The price for this very rare piece includes UK delivery. NB This is an antique muzzle loading percussion rifle and no licence is required to own it in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 19997:9 £3,250.00 |
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**MINT BORE**1890’s British Charles (Chas) Osborne & Co London Martini Action .577 x.450 Obsolete Calibre Sporting Rifle & 1 Inert Deactivated Kynoch .577 x.450 Round. Sn 18448 - 18448 Charles Osborne commenced trading under his own name C1845 in Lichfield Street, Birmingham but by 1855 he was in Whittall Street, Birmingham where he maintained premises right up until 1928 when the business was acquired by Skimin & Wood, a highly respected gunmaker to the trade. Osborne first opened for business in London in 1881 in the vicinity of Houses of Parliament where he stayed until the business left London in 1928. Charles Osborne became a Limited company in 1896. This is an excellent Martini action sporting rifle by Osborne & Co. The underside of the action is numbered ‘1550’. The metal work is undamaged. The wood work is all original and has a chequered panel wrist and fore stock. It has a steel butt plate & sling swivel lugs. The 28” barrel has a near mint bore, clean with crisp multi groove rifling and the rifle measures 45 ½” overall length. The barrel is marked ‘.450’ (calibre) and has small inspection mark. The barrel has a block and blade fore sight and flip up ladder rear sight. The rifle’s cocking & firing actions work crisply. The rifle comes with 1 Inert Deactivated Kynoch .577 x.450 Round. The price for this excellent obsolete calibre rifle includes UK delivery. NB as an obsolete calibre, antique firearm no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 18448 £1,395.00 |
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**EARLY**1883 Pattern Japanese Naval Officer's Dirk With Suya Sword Shop Tokyo ‘Harp’ Marked Cross Guard & Scabbard. Sn 19620 - 19620 This is an early, original 1883 Pattern Japanese Naval Officer's Dirk & Scabbard. These dirks were worn by all commissioned Officers. Towards the end of WW2 they had simulated sharkskin grips made from plastic or composite material and celluloid cross guards. Early examples had Shark skin covered grips and ornate finished fittings (see pages 70-73 of Military Swords Of Japan By Fuller & Gregory). This dirk has the correct early shark skin covered wire bound grip with brass mounts & recurving cross guard. The pommel cap and both sides of the hilt have Imperial chrysanthemum ‘Mon’ devices. The cross guard has a crisp inspection stamp the same as found on a naval dirk illustrated on page 73 plate 97 of Fuller & Gregory’s book which is the Suya Sword Shop Tokyo ‘harp’ mark, see page 185 Fig 15-1 (i) of Dawson’s book ‘Swords Of Imperial Japan)’. It has a clean 8 ¾” single edged blade with fullers. It measures 13” overall and the hilt is slotted for retaining lug which is mounted on its scabbard. The polished Ray skin bound wood scabbard has brass mounts embossed with prunus blossoms. Each side throat mount has brass hanging rings. The upper mount of the scabbard has the correct press button retaining lug which works correctly. The price for this Japanese Naval piece includes UK delivery. Sn 19620 (in storeroom German daggers box) £850.00 |
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INERT DEACTIVATED. WW2 Japanese Type 91, 50mm Strippable & Complete Grenade with the Type 89 Knee Mortor Launching Cartridge. Sn 23383 - 23383 INERT DEACTIVATED. This is a scarce WW2 Japanese type 91 high explosive hand grenade that has the type 89 knee mortor launching cartridge fitted. This grenade was the same as the type 97 grenade but with a threaded base which accepted the screw in launching cartridge. The type 91 grenade was interchangeable with the type 89 mortor round. This grenade could also be hand thrown as per the normal grenade by pulling the string on the fuzes safety pin. This grenade has a segmented cast iron body and is strippable into all of its components including its brass liner to the mortor screw on steel propellent holder. The brass fuse casing is screwed into the cast iron top of the grenade and is complete with all of its parts including its string pull cord. The interior of the mortor includes the copper gaine tube shroud and card washer that waterproofs the interior of the grenade before being fuzed. The base of the grenade is fitted with the screw in steel launching cartridge which still retains its brass propellant cup. The price includes UK delivery and no license is required to possess this inert hand grenade in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 23383 £675.00 |
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DEACTIVATED INERT. British Boer War Era, Hotchkiss 37mm (37 x 94R) Pom Pom Base Fused HE (High Explosive) Round. Sn 23384:1 - 23384:1 DEACTIVATED INERT. This is an early British, Boer War Era 37mm (37 x 94R) Pom Pom base fused HE (High Explosive) round made by Benjamin B. Hotchkiss. The Hotchkiss revolving cannon was a rotating barrel weapon invented in 1872 by Benjamin B Hotchkiss who was the founder of Hotchkiss & Co and used his monogram BHB. The gun was used by the British as the 1 Pounder Maxim Pom Pom in the late 1880s and was used to great effect in the Boer War as did the Boers with their German made 1 pounder pom pom guns. The brass cartridge case bears no headstamp and is fitted with a copper percussion primer held in with a single ring crimp. The projectile has two narrow driving bands and is fitted with a brass screw in base fuze which bears the BHB (Benjamin B Hotchkiss) monogram stamped on it. The price includes UK delivery and no licence is required to retain this inert round in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 23384:1 £195.00 |
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DEACTIVATED INERT. WW2, German Tiger 1 Tank, 1943 Dated, Unfired 88mm (88 x 571R) High Explosive (HE) Round for the 88mm Tiger 1 KWK 36 tank gun and the Flak 18 Towed Anti-aircraft/Tank and Naval Guns. Sn 23347 - 23347 DEACTIVATED INERT. This is an unfired WW2 German 88mm (88 x 571R) High Explosive Round for the Tiger 1 tanks KWK 36 L/56 gun and the 88mm Flak 18 towed anti-aircraft/tank gun. The gun was also fitted to various German naval vessels. These guns had formidable power both in range and hitting power throughout the war. This unfired round has a steel cartridge case and is headstamped At 154 faa 43 (1943 date) 8,8 Flak 18 (8,8 – 30St. The steel cartridge case retains most of its original grey lacquered finish. The steel high explosive projectile retains much of its original yellow painted finish and has two sintered iron (FES) driving bands. The projectile is stamped round its circumference PJ 22 WAANA 10. The round is fitted with a steel AZ23/28 nose impact fuze and has a delay screw on the side. The fuze is stamped round its circumference AZ23/28 feu (Krone Presswerke GmbH, Berlin) 43 (1943 dated). See page 162 – 170, Hogg, German Artillery of World War Two. The price includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess this inert round in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 23347 £595.00 |
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WW2, US Green Heavy Duck Canvas Carry/Transport Case for the Thompson M1928 and M1A1 Submachine Gun. MISC 1016 - MISC 1016 This is a WW2 US Green heavy duck Canvas Carry/Transport Case for the Thompson M1928 and M1A1 Submachine Gun. The case was usually used for storage in armoured vehicles. The case fits the standard 10.5 inch Thompson barrel and standard foregrip. The case is constructed from thick olive green canvas with a light green cloth reinforced bound edge. The case is closed by a non metallic zip with an alloy closure zipper complete with its original leather closure pull cord and attachment ring. One side of the canvas is ink stamped COVER THOMPSON SUB-MACHINE GUN CAL .45 050268". Each side has two leather tabs with a snap buckle for quick attachment/detachment to hold it in a vehicle. Inside the bag are 4 reinforced sewn in leather tabs to put the case on a vehicle mount. The case bears little signs of use and the zip is stiff. See page 199 in Doughboy to GI US Army Clothing and Equipment 1900-1945 by Kenneth Lewis. The price of the saddle bucket includes UK delivery. The Thompson machine gun and the vehicle mount in the photograph is not included in the sale. MISC 1016 £275.00 |
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INERT DEACTIVATED. WW1 1917 Dated No.23 MK llI Mills Hand Grenade by J.G.W. (James Gibbons, Wolverhampton). O 2220 - O 2220 INERT DEACTIVATED. This is a nice WW1, September 1917 dated No.23 MK llI Mills hand grenade by James Gibbons of Wolverhampton. The grenade was first introduced in 1916 and declared obsolete in 1918, being replaced by the number 36 Mills grenade. The grenade has cast into the front under the filling hole JGW (James Gibbons Wolverhampton) and has the mould letter 6 cast into it under the fly off handle. The cast iron base plug is screwed for a rifle grenade rod and has cast into it No 23 MK llI 9 17 (September 1917) J.G.W (James Gibbons Wolverhampton). The grenade is fitted with the correct fly off lever, brass filling plug and large safety pin ring. See pages 73-79 in ‘GRENADE’ British & Commonwealth Hand & Rifle Grenades by Rick Landers. No licence is required to possess this inert grenade items in the UK if retained as part of a collection or displays. The price includes UK delivery. O 2220 £325.00 |
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SOLD SOLD (15/04) British Army Small Frame Webbing Belt Holster for the Issue Webley MK IV .380 Calibre Pocket Revolver With a 3” Barrel. MISC 2006 - MISC 2006 This is a scarce British Army belt webbing holster for the small frame issue Webley Mark IV .380 calibre pocket revolver issued to officers. The holster has a single webbing closure strap with a brass press stud. The holster has a wide sewn in belt loop and a drain hole at the bottom. All of the brass fittings and stitching are intact and in excellent condition. The price for this scarce British Army small frame Webley webbing holster includes U.K. delivery. The pistol in the photographs is not included in the sale and is available separately for sale on the web site with the stock number D 6012. MISC 2006 £0.00 |
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WW1 Era Smith & Wesson USA 1914 Patent Military & Police 6” Barrel Variant .38 S&W Calibre Revolver**COCKS & DRY FIRES**UK 2001 DEACTIVATION**Sn 23406 - 23406 This is an excellent original WW1 era .38 Calibre Smith & Wesson Military & Police 1914 patent revolver. It has a 6" barrel & open combat sights. The pistol has undamaged wood grips with chequered panels & inlaid S&W roundels. The butt has military / police lanyard ring. The pistol is stamped along the barrel with the Smith & Wesson, manufacturer's name and 1914 patent detail. The right side of the frame has the 'S&W’ Trade mark logo and ‘Made In USA’. The butt of the grip frame is numbered 707886. The frame and cylinder hinge have un-matching numbers. The front of the cylinders have at some point in their lives been fitted with (fixed in place) inert copper jacketed bullet heads depicting loaded chambers. Deactivated to UK specification in 2001 the pistol has a pinned barrel, cut & ringed cylinders & it cocks and dry fires crisply in both single & double action. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23406 £675.00 |
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