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**NAMED**Boer War 1901 Dated Blade & WW1 Era British George V 1897 Pattern Sword Guard Engraved To ‘H.W. Mirehouse II N. Staffs Regt’ (2nd Battalion Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire) Regiment) With Field Service Scabbard & Frog. Sn 23484:88 - 23484:88 The Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire) Regiment served with distinction during the Second Boer War and during two World Wars. In 1920 the Regiment was renamed The North Staffordshire (The Prince of Wales's) Regiment and amalgamated in 1959 with the South Staffordshire Regiment to form The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's). In 2005 the Regiments of Cheshire, Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters, Staffordshire and West Midlands & Kings Cheshire were amalgamated to become the Mercia Regiment. This is an excellent British1897 pattern Infantry Officer's sword to a named Officer of the 2nd Battalion Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire) Regiment. The sword has a 32 ½” long blade with partial fullers. The blade has areas of staining consistent with age and use. One side of the blade has a date mark ’01 (1901) and inspection mark. There is no visible maker name. The spine of the blade is numbered '1162'. It has a full 1897 Pattern knuckle guard with King George V Crown & Royal Cypher. The guard is engraved ‘H.W. Mirehouse II N. Staffs Regt’. It has a curved stepped pommel with ball top and knurled back strap for grip, fish skin grip with wire binding in very good condition. It is complete with leather covered wood field service scabbard. The scabbard has a German silver throat mount & is fitted with Sam Browne pattern leather frog that has 2 belt loops and buckles. All leather and stitching are clean and intact. The price for this sword worthy of further research regarding the named Officer includes UK delivery. Sn 23484:88 £675.00 |
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Post 1952 QE II British WD Pattern 1827 Royal Navy Officer’s Sword With Etched Blade Bullion Cord, Portepee & Scabbard. Sn 23484:87 - 23484:87 This is a very good British WD Royal Navy Officer’s Sword and Scabbard. The sword has a clean single edged straight blade which is 32” in length (37 ¾”overall) with central fullers. Both sides of the blade have blued and etched panels including foliate decoration, Queen’s Crown ER (Elizabeth II Regina) & Queen’s Crown with Royal Navy fouled anchor device. The blade has no maker marks. The blade has etched and ‘Star’ proof mark. It has a brass Lions head with mane pommel and grip strap & full knuckle guard with the Royal Navy Queen’s Crown and fouled anchor motif. One side of the guard has a small hinged folding langet which, when folded flat fastens to a pin on the throat mount of its scabbard and holds the sword securely in place. The hilt’s fish skin grip with bullion wire binding is undamaged. Attached to the guard is its original bullion cord and portepee. The cord has some service wear. The sword is complete with its black leather scabbard which has brass mounts and 2 hanging rings. All leather and stitching are clean and intact. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23484:87 £495.00 |
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**MAHDIST WAR ERA (1881-99)**Victorian British WD Mole Birmingham Egyptian Forces Contract Pattern 1827 Rifle Brigade Type Officer's Sword With Etched Blade, Cord With Portepee & Scabbard. Sn 23484:86 - 23484:86 The Mahdist War 1881–1899 was fought between the Mahdist Sudanese, led by Muhammad Ahmad bin Abdullah, who had proclaimed himself the "Mahdi" of Islam (the "Guided One"), and the forces of the Khedivate of Egypt, initially, and later the forces of Britain. In that era the British had control of and trained the Egyptian army, supplying them with arms before becoming involved in the conflict themselves. This is an original 1827 Pattern type Officer’s sword made by Mole Birmingham, British ordnance proofed then supplied to Egypt to support their war effort. The sword has an undamaged 31 ½” blade (37” overall) with partial fullers. The blade is etched on both sides with foliate panelsand has a crest with crescent moon and what looks like Egyptian script on a shield. The blade also has the British ordnance proof acceptance roundel on one side & is signed by the maker ‘Mole Birmingham’. It has a brass voided full knuckle guard similar to the British 1827 pattern and has the same badge as features on the blade forming part of the guard & folding langet on one side. It has a wire bound fish skin grip in excellent condition. The hilt is fitted with Officer’s Cord With Portepee. It is complete with steel scabbard with 2 hanging rings, fixed belt bar and shoe. The scabbard has just a few small dents consistent with service wear. The price for this sword worthy of further research includes UK delivery. Sn 23484:86 £975.00 |
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WW2 Era Nazi German Army Officer's Dress Sword, Lion’s Head Pommel With Red Jewelled Eyes, Scabbard & Officer’s Bullion Cord With Portepee. Sn 23484:85 - 23484:85 This is a very good original WW2 period Nazi German Army Officer's Dress Sword. Our brass hilt example has the Nazi National Emblem ‘Eagle with outstretched wings & Swastika’ on the langet and a plain shield on the reverse langet. It has a flat knuckle bow decorated with Oak Leaves and undamaged ribbed grip. The grip strap and ferrule are also adorned with oak leaves decoration. It’s Lion’s head pommel has original red jewelled eyes. The sword measures 36 ¾” overall and it has a 31 ¾” single edged, curved, fullered blade. The blade has its original leather hilt washer. Both sides of the blade have faint indistinct maker and retailer marks hidden under the langets (un-readable but illustrated in the images). The hilt is fitted with Officer’s bullion cord With bullion portepee. The sword is complete with its original polished steel scabbard with 2 steel hanging rings. The scabbard has just one small dent in the mid-section consistent with service wear. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23484:85 £595.00 |
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WW1 Era British WD 1897 Pattern Watson & Gillot Sheffield Infantry Officer’s Sword With King George V Guard, Etched Blade, Leather Officer’s Cord & Acorn Knot, Leather Covered Field Service Scabbard & Sam Browne Leather Frog. Sn 23484:84 - 23484:84 This is an original British 1897 pattern Infantry Officer's sword with Cord Acorn Knot scabbard and frog. These swords were a great improvement on previous patterns with better protection to the hand through its ¾ basket hilt (see page 179 of World Swords by Withers & pages 165-167 of Swords of the British Army by Robson). The sword has a 32 ½” long blade with partial fullers and measures 39” overall. The blade is clean. The ricasso has the makers name Watson & Gillot Sheffield together with heraldic Arms. The reverse has the correct ordnance acceptance proof star & original leather hilt washer. Both sides of the blade have foliate etched panels and heraldic arms together with King’s crown and royal cypher ‘GRV’ (King George V Rex). It has the full nickel plated 1897 Pattern knuckle guard with Crown GR V device. It has a curved stepped pommel with ball top and knurled back strap for grip, fish skin covered grip with wire binding in excellent condition. The hilt is fitted with Leather Officer’s Cord & Acorn Knot. It is complete with leather covered wood field service scabbard. The scabbard has a German silver throat mount & is fitted with Sam Browne Pattern leather frog that has 2 belt loops and buckles. All leather & stitching are clean and intact. The price for this nice complete WW1 era sword set includes UK delivery. Sn 23484:84 £645.00 |
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**SCARCE & DESIRABLE**Pre 1961 QEII British WD Scottish Seaforth Highlanders Staff Sergeants / Officer’s Basket Hilt Broadsword With Etched & Blued Panels Blade & Scabbard. Sn 23484:80 - 23484:80 The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, the Duke of Albany's) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, mainly associated with large areas of the northern Highlands of Scotland. The regiment existed from 1881 to 1961, and saw service in World War I and World War II, along with many smaller conflicts. In 1961 the regiment was amalgamated with the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders to form the Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons), which merged, in 1994, with the Gordon Highlanders to form the Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons). This later joined the Royal Scots Borderers, the Black Watch, the Royal Highland Fusiliers and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders to create the present Royal Regiment of Scotland. This is an original Highland regiment’s Staff Sergeants / Officer’s basket hilt broadsword to the Seaforth Highlanders made during the reign of QEII, before 1961 when the Regiment merged with the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. It is similar in form to those illustrated 187-195 of Swords Of The British Army by Robson. The Scottish basket hilt Broadsword has become one of the most sought after swords for collectors (see page 35 of World Swords by Withers). The sword measures 38” overall with a 31 ½” double edged fullered blade which has etched & blued panels of Thistles and other foliate devices on both sides. One side has Queen’s crown ER II Royal Cypher ‘VR’ (Queen Elizabeth II Regina). The etching also features the Stag’s Head above banner Regimental badge & motto of the Seaforth Highlanders “CUIDICH ’N RIGH” (Gaelic “Help the King”). The ricasso has ordnance acceptance star and roundel. The blade has its original leather hilt washer. It has the correct medieval appearance basket hilt with wire wrapped fish skin bound wood handle, nickel plate fittings, flat cross guard, ribbed ferrule and bell shaped pommel cap with holed ball end. Its fish skin handle is tight and undamaged as is its full ‘heart design’ pierced steel basket hilt with original leather lining and ribbon. The hilt is fitted with its original red tassel. The sword is complete with original steel scabbard with ball end and 2 steel hanging rings. The scabbard is undamaged with no dents. The price for this sought after sword with scabbard includes UK delivery. Sn 23484:80 £1,200.00 |
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**QUALITY**WW2 Japanese Kamikaze & Kaiten Pilot Officer’s Aikuchi Seppuku / Suicide Dirk With Scabbard. Sn 23505 - 23505 The WW2 Japanese Kamikaze (divine wind) special attack corps was formed from volunteer pilots who crashed their aircraft or 'Okhas' (piloted bombs) into enemy shipping. Kaiten (Japanese Navy One man Submarines) were also used for this purpose. A Kamikaze or Kaiten Officer pilot could if he wished carry a small Aikuchi (dagger without guard) with which to cut his own jugular or stab himself in the last moments before hitting his target. This is an original quality made, Japanese Kamikaze / Kaiten Pilot's Aikuchi Seppuku Suicide Dirk with scabbard. The single edged steel blade fullered on one side, is sharp and it has a white metal habaki collar. It has a cutting edge of 5 ¾” and has an attractive, pronounced etched wave hamon temperline. The tang is un-signed. The dirk measures 9 ½” overall (in its scabbard the dirk measures just over 10” overall). The dirk is correctly without finger guard. The hilt & scabbard are wood with polished horn fixings. The price for this rare, sought after Japanese Kamikaze piece includes UK delivery. Sn 23505 (in tanto box armoury) £695.00 |
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Early WW2 1940 Dated Japanese Officer's Type 98 Shin Gunto Seki Arsenal Katana Sword With Master Pupil Work Smith Signed Tang ‘TOSHI HIDE’ Officer’s Rank Tassel Cord, Scabbard With Leather Field Service Cover & Expert Assessment. Sn 23486 - 23486 An original early WW2 Japanese Officer's Type 98 Sword with smith signed tang. 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 notes he states “A TYPE 98 SHIN GUNTO ARMY SWORD with a showa-to oil quenched blade. Medium quality with nioi crystal ha-buchi (temper line) with naka ishi mei signature (master pupil work) signed 2 KANJI TOSHI HIDE & flamboyantly dated 1940. Also has Seki Arsenal inspection showing its factory made after 1939. He is rated as:Rikugun Jumei Tosho (Army approved smith). His family name was Asai. See Markus Sesko book page no. 231. For info on this man –see John Slough book on swordsmiths p. no. 176 for signature written by same hand but using kanji for Masa instead of Hide? He either changed one kanji of his name or this blade signed by his pupil. Needs more research? Blade in original polish with some black spots. Saya (scabbard) wood with leather active service cover in good condition. Tsuba standard gunto pattern in cast or die stamped brass (some gilt remaining). Has leather seppa which has had retaining safety strap through hole in tsuba to lock onto scabbard now missing. Tsuka (hilt) is good quality, all binding intact and the whole thing in good condition, complete with knot loop (sarute) which has Lt to Captain rank tassel (blue & brown). A nice original, un-messed with wartime officer’s sword”. In his illustrations Bill translates the tang signature & date & identifies a seki arsenal mark. He measures the cutting edge as 64.5 cms, total length 87 cms and describes other blade and tang measurements & characteristics which can be seen in image 2. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23486 £1,200.00 |
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**NAPOLEONIC WARS ERA**British Woolley & Deakin's (Birmingham) Improved Steel 1796 Pattern Cavalry Sabre & Scabbard. Sn 23484:41 - 23484:41 Woolley & Deakin of Birmingham produced their 1796 pattern sabres especially for the looming 100 Days War in March and April 1815, after the Congress of Vienna declared Napoleon an outlaw after his escape from his first exile to the Elba, and the Allies mobilised their armies accordingly. The Pattern 1796 Light Cavalry Sabre was used primarily by British Light Dragoons and Hussars during the Napoleonic Wars (see page 77 of World Swords by Withers). The blade is remembered today as one of the best of its time and has been described as the finest cutting sword ever manufactured in quantity. Officers of the famous 95th Rifles, Light Infantry Regiments and the "flank" Companies of Line Regiments adopted these Swords (The Hit Peninsular War, Book & TV series Sharpe's Rifles featured this pattern of Sword). This original 1796 Sabre by Woolley & Deakin is in good condition for its age. It has a single edged, fullered 33” Sabre blade (37 ¾” overall). The blade is undamaged & has staining consistent with age. The back of the blade is signed by the manufacturer ‘Woolley & Deakin's Improv’d Steel’. Its cross guard with rounded langets, knuckle guard, pommel and ribbed grip are good condition. The ribbed wood grip has traces of its original leather covering and some original wire binding is present. The Sabre is complete with its original steel scabbard with 1 hanging ring. The scabbard has even patina with no cracks or dents. The price for this Napoleonic Wars era Cavalry Sword by a quality maker with Scabbard includes UK delivery. Sn 23484:41 £1,145.00 |
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**NAPOLEONIC WARS ERA** British Cavalry Officer’s Private Purchase 1796 Pattern Type Sabre With Brass Fittings & Scabbard. Sn 23484:40 - 23484:40 The Pattern 1796 Light Cavalry Sabre was used primarily by British Light Dragoons and Hussars during the Napoleonic Wars (see page 77 to 93 of World Swords by Withers where variations of 1796 pattern swords are illustrated). This original 1796 type Sabre is in excellent condition for its age. It has a single edged, fullered 29 ½” Sabre blade (34 ½” overall). The blade has staining consistent with age and use and a few minor nibbles to the cutting edge. The blade has no visible maker or date marks. Its cross guard with rounded langets, knuckle guard & pommel with back strap are the same as pattern 1796 sabres but are brass rather than steel indicating private purchase. Its grooved leather bound wood grip with wire binding are in excellent condition. The Sabre is complete with its original leather scabbard with brass mounts, frog locket & 2 hanging rings. The sword fits the scabbard snugly. The leather of the scabbard is clean and all stitching intact. The price for this Napoleonic Wars era Cavalry Officer’s Sword with Scabbard includes UK delivery. Sn 23484:40 £1,295.00 |
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