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**QUALITY MAKER**George V British Robert Mole & Sons Birmingham Makers To The War & India Offices 1897 Pattern Infantry Officer’s Sword To ‘A.A. Harrison 4th Battalion Manchester Regiment’ With Etched Blade Number 6581 & Leather Field Covered Scabbard. Sn - 19437 The 4th Battalion (1900-1906) came into existence in 1900 at Aldershot, and for a short time Lieutenant-Colonel Gethin remained in charge of both, 3rd & 4th battalions, but on the 1 May 1900 Lieutenant-Colonel L. L. Steele was brought in from the Wiltshire Regiment to command the 4th Battalion. The summer of this year was passed at Aldershot, and then on the 4 and 5 December the battalion left by rail in two parties and proceeded to Portland, taking over quarters in the Citadel. During its brief existence the 4th Battalion seems to have been regarded by the authorities as a draft-producing unit, and from first to last it gave no fewer than 32 officers and 1,726 non-commissioned officers and men to other corps, mainly of course to the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Regiment. The 4th battalion served in the Boer War and post war was merged with other Regiments in 1906. This is an original 1897 British Infantry officer’s sword to ‘A.A. Harrison 4th Battalion Manchester Regiment’. 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” single edged blade with partial fullers. The ricasso is signed by quality British manufacturer ‘Robert Mole & Sons Birmingham Makers To The War & India Offices’. The reverse has the ordnance acceptance ‘proof’ star and inlaid roundel. Both sides of the blade have etched panels featuring foliate devices, the King’s crown & Royal Cypher ‘GRV’ (George Fifth Rex). The spine of the blade is numbered M6581. It has the correct ¾ bowl guard voided with foliate design and ‘King’s Crown GRV’. The guard near the KC is engraved ‘A.A. Harrison 4th Man Regt’. It has the correct fish skin covered grip with wire binding which is tight and intact. The sword is complete with its leather field covered steel scabbard which has fixed hanging bar & shoe. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 19437 £575.00 |
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**QUALITY**Late Victorian Gentleman’s Mallaca Sword Stick With Ornate Bulbous Copper or Brass Pommel With Hinged Handle Attachment. Sn 19415 - 19415 This is an attractive late Victorian Sword Stick. It has a clean 30” square section blade tapering to a pin sharp point and measures 35 ¼” overall length with handle attachment folded down (38” overall in its scabbard with handle attachment folded up). There are no manufacturer marks or dates on the sword stick. The Mallaca scabbard and handle are undamaged. The throat of the scabbard has an ornate polished brass or copper ferrule and brass tip. The handle has a brass ferrule and bulbous polished copper or brass pommel with deep ornate foliate decoration. Attached to the pommel is a hinged polished copper or brass square shaped handle with matching decoration most likely for wrist cord or hanging on a wall hook when not in use. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 19415 £695.00 |
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British WW1 Era British Officers Brown Leather Bound Swagger Sword Stick With Rectangular Blade. - ED 2612 This is an excellent British officers WW1 era brown leather covered wood swagger sword stick and scabbard in the form popular with British Officers. It has a 13” ‘T’ section steel blade. The rectangular blade measures 12 ½” is of a heavy construction coming to a point. The swagger stick measures 21” overall in its scabbard with a grip length of 6 1/2”. The grip & scabbard are bound in brown leather with a simple plait of leather at the mouth of the scabbard. All leather and stitching are clean & intact. The price for this swagger sword stick includes UK delivery. ED 2612 £295.00 |
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Victorian British Henry Wilkinson Pall Mall London 1895 / 1897 Pattern Infantry Officer’s Presentation Sword Marked ‘4 Border 9 Presented By Lt Col A B Clayton’ With Etched Blade Number 38066 Cord Acorn Knot & Scabbard With Leather Field Service Cover - 19359 This is an original 1895/97 British Infantry officer’s presentation sword. 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” single edged blade with partial fullers. The ricasso has the ordnance acceptance ‘proof’ inlaid roundel. The ricasso is marked by the maker ‘Henry Wilkinson Pall Mall London’ together with Royal appointment. Both sides of the blade have etched panels featuring foliate devices, the Queen’s crown & Royal Cypher ‘VR’ (Victoria Rex). The sine of the blade ins numbered 38066 and ‘4 Border 9 Presented By Lt Col A B Clayton’ (The Border Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, which was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot and the 55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot). It has the correct ¾ bowl guard voided with foliate design and ‘Queen’s Crown VR’. The hilt has leather cord & acorn knot. It has the correct fish skin grip with wire binding which is tight and intact. The sword is complete with its brass mounted wood scabbard bound with undamaged leather field service cover and leather belt tab. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 19359 £795.00 |
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1831 French Pattern 1831 Foreign Legion / Infantry “Coupe Choux” (Cabbage Chopper) Gladius Short Sword / Side Arm. ED 2601. - ED 2601 This is an excellent original 1831 French Infantry 1831 Pattern Gladius side arm (see page 190 of World Swords by Withers). The Soldiers who carried these weapons referred to them as “coupe choux” which means “cabbage chopper”. These side arms were used by French Infantry including the Famous Foreign Legion during the Mexican expedition. The weapons were in service during Louis-Philippe until the Second Empire with Napoléon III. The swords have a Neo-classical design based upon the Roman Gladius. The hilt is constructed entirely of brass with a grip patterned with 26 raised ribs or rings. This example of the French 1831 pattern sword has the correct double-edged diamond-cross-section blade which is 19” in length and correct 26 ribbed brass handle. On one side, the ricasso has a rubbed indistinct manufacturer mark. The reverse has a small indistinct inspection mark. The cross guard has a small inspection mark. The price includes UK delivery. ED 2601. (Armoury) £295.00 |
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1978 British WD QEII Robert Allison & Son Glasgow Scotland 1897 Pattern Infantry Officer's Sword With Etched Blade, Leather Cord & Acorn Knot 1979 WS (Wilkinson Sword) WD Field Scabbard With Sword Frog. Sn 19264 - 19264 The Pattern 1897 British Infantry 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). This is a very good Pattern 1897 British WD Infantry Officer's Sword with Field Scabbard & Sword Frog made in the 1970’s. The Sword has a 32" single edged blade with fullers (38 ¼” overall). The blade is clean with etched & blued panels to both sides. The blade is engraved with Queen’s Crown ER II and heraldic arms devices. The ricasso is marked by the manufacturer Robert Allison & Son Glasgow Scotland’. The blade has proof star and leather hilt washer. It has an ornate bowl guard with stylised QE II Royal Cypher and undamaged gilt wire bound leather covered grip together with stepped steel pommel. The guard has period hand inscribed 1978 date, 'RA' (Robert Allison maker) WD arrow and stores codes. The guard is fitted with plaited leather cord and acorn knot. It is complete with its leather covered field scabbard and sword frog with brass fittings. all leather & stitching are intact. The throat mount of the scabbard has WD arrow, ‘79’ date (1979) ‘WS’ (Wilkinson Sword) and stores code. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 19264 £495.00 |
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RESERVED RESERVED 1883 Into WW1 & WW2 Japanese 1883 Type Officer’s Sword With Cherry Blossom Decorated Guard & Scabbard. Sn 18579 - 18579 A very good, 1883 type Japanese Naval Officers sword (see Dawson's Swords of Imperial Japan Chapter 20 where many forms of 1883 pattern sword are illustrated). The plated 26" fullered blade is clean and it has its original leather hilt washer (31 ½” overall). The hilt is brass based with much original gilt finish. The grip strap and guard have cherry blossom with leaves decoration. The polished horn grip has intact wire binding. The scabbard is metal with brass throat. The scabbrd has a few small dents and most of its original black paint. The scabbard has a single hanging ring. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 18579 £475.00 |
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Boer War / WW1 Era British Wilkinson Pall Mall (London) Officers Brown Leather Bound Swagger Sword Stick With Blued & Etched ‘T’ Section Blade & Wrist Strap . Sn 19298 - 19298 This is an excellent Boer war / WW1 era brown leather covered wood Swagger Sword Stick & Scabbard in the form popular with British Officers. It has a 13” ‘T’ section steel blade. The blade is etched with blued foliate decoration panels on 2 sides and one side has panel with partially visible panel ‘Wilkinson Pall Mall (London)’. It measures 24” overall in its scabbard. The wood grip & scabbard are bound in brown leather. All leather and stitching are clean & intact. The hilt has its original leather wrist strap. The price for this attractive well marked swagger sword stick includes UK delivery. Sn 19298 £575.00 |
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**SUPERB**VERY RARE**NAPOLEONIC PENINSULAR WARS ERA** British W. Parker London Warranted 1796 Pattern Infantry Officer’s Sword With Blued & Gilt Etched Blade. ED 2594 - ED 2594 This is an original very rare to find example of a British 1796 Pattern Infantry Officer's sword (see page 160 of World Swords by Withers where an example with similar blued and etched blade is illustrated. In his book withers states that most of these swords are found with missing quillons, & worn blades). Our superb example has the correct shell guard with foliate decoration, one shell correctly folds for scabbard carry. It has the correct knuckle bow and ornate urn shaped pommel. The wire bound grip is excellent and retains its original quillon finial. All wire is tight and intact. It has a 31 ¾” long fullered, single edged blade with leather hilt washer. The blade is correctly gold etched and blued on all sides for ¾ of its length. The etchings are foliate & Martial panels, Georgian Crown GR (George Rex) & heraldic devices. There is also a maker’s banner ‘W. Parker London Warranted’ (Parker, William [1790-1840] Shop in Holborn, London. He was the founder of a famous firm of gunmakers. Had the Royal Warrant. Made blades & boxlock flintlock pocket pistols, flintlock holster pistols and brass barrel blunderbusses. Under Royal Government contract made flintlock musketoons. In 1829 when Sir Robert Peel organized the London Police, William Parker made flintlock and later percussion pistols for the Police). All of the etching, gilt and blueing are crisp. AS is common this sword is without scabbard. The price for this very rare, sword includes UK delivery. ED 2594 £1,450.00 |
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French Model ‘1831’ Infantry or Bandsman Sword and Scabbard. ED 2366. - ED 2366 A French Model ‘1831’ Infantry or Bandsman sword and scabbard maker marked ‘Talabot F.S Paris’. The French M1831 Foot Artillery Sword was patterned after the Roman Gladius doubled edged weapon manufactured by Talabot of Paris. The French M1831 Sword was indirectly used as a model for the US Army's M1832 Foot Artillery Sword and the US Navy's M1841 Ames Naval Cutlass. The French soldiers used to call this sword a "coupe Chou" which translates to cabbage cutter for its practical uses. The cruciform hilt is of solid brass with circumferential grooves to help grip in combat, the cross guard terminates with finials of concentric circles. The handle has decreasing circles below an extended pommel. The 47cm blade is showing signs of age related wear, the sword is 62cm overall. The scabbard is thick leather and has an illegible makers mark in the leather; it has a brass chape with an inspection mark, and brass throat. See page 190 of ‘Withers World of Swords. The price includes UK postage. ED 2366. £395.00 |
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