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**RARE**NAPOLEONIC PENINSULAR WARS ERA, C1800 British Senior Infantry Officer’s Sword With Etched Blade & Rare To Find Scabbard. ED 2940 - ED 2940
This is an original rare to find example of a C1800 British Senior Infantry Officer's sword styled on the pattern 1796 Infantry Officer’s sword (see page 160 of World Swords by Withers). Our excellent example has the correct Georgian styling with brass shell guards with correct chased decoration. It has the correct brass knuckle bow and urn shaped pommel. The wire bound grip is very good. All wire is tight and intact. It has a 34 ¾” long fullered blade (41 ¾” overall). The blade has staining consistent with age. The lower section of both sides of the blade have light panels of foliate decoration. There are no visible maker marks. The sword comes with its rare to find original brass mounted black leather scabbard. The leather is complete. The surface of the leather has some scuffs to be expected with age and use. The price for this rare sword and scabbard includes UK delivery. ED 2940
£875.00

**NAPOLEONIC WARS ERA**EARLY VARIANT**British 1796 Pattern Heavy Cavalry Officers Sword With Gilt Etched Blade By JJ Runkel Solingen. ED 2197 - ED 2197
An original early example of a British 1796 Pattern Heavy Cavalry Officer's sword ((Withers, World Swords, 1st edn 2006, p. 86)). It has its regulation brass hilt with correct early variant rigid shell guard. Later variants of the 1796 Infantry sword had folding clamshells. It has the correct knuckle bow & urn shaped pommel. It has a wire bound grip, all tight and undamaged. It has a 32 ½” long blade with fullers. The spine of the blade is marked by the German manufacturer ‘J.J. Runkel Solingen’. The blade has its original leather hilt washer. The blade is etched on both sides. The etchings include ‘Crown GR’ (George Rex), heraldic arms and foliate devices. There is much original gilt on the etchings. The blade is undamaged and has just light staining consistent with age. The sword has its original brass mounted leather scabbard. The scabbard’s throat mount has a single brass hanging ring. The price includes UK delivery. ED 2197
£975.00

**1970’s 200 YEAR ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIVE**American Revolutionary War Wilkinson Sword London Small Sword With Etched Battle Site Names & Dates Blade. ED 2476 - ED 2476
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was an armed conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organised as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington fought the British Army. The conflict was fought in North America, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic Ocean. The war ended with the Treaty of Paris (1783), which resulted in Great Britain ultimately recognising the independence of the USA. In the 1970’s The English Sword makers Wilkinson Sword made swords styled on Revolutionary wars period examples to commemorate the war’s 200th Anniversary. Our commemorative example sword incorporates concepts of the American Revolution period. It is 27” overall length with a 21” long fullered steel curved blade. The blade is clean and is etched & blued at the ricasso with the Wilkinson Sword London name, crossed swords legend, ‘Made In England’ and QEII Royal Appointment. The sides of the blade below the fuller are blued & etched with Revolutionary war battle site names and dates alongside crossed swords symbols (all illustrated in the images). It has a cast gilt alloy re-curving cross guard with cast foliate decoration and grooved resin hilt which his bound with brass wire. The pommel has an acorn finial. The sword is without scabbard. The price includes UK delivery. ED 2476 (on top of gun rack armoury)
£275.00

*MOVIE INDUSTRY CONNECTIONS*Original George V Joseph Ridge & Co Sheffield 1897 Pattern Infantry Officer’s Sword with Etched Blade Used as A Film Prop in The Film Innocent & Presented to Andrew Hawley on His 1st Film from The Director John Mackenzie 1984' - 19416
This is an original 1897 British Infantry officer’s 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 is signed by the British manufacturer ‘Joseph Ridge & Co Sheffield’. 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). It has the correct ¾ bowl guard voided with foliate design and ‘King’s Crown GRV’. The guard has much of its original nickel plating & has an etched plaque ‘To Andrew a memento of his first film from John Mackenzie September 1984’ (Provenance: Purchased in 1984 by Tempest films from Alan Beadle Antique Arms to be used as a film prop by Andrew Hawley in the film ‘The Innocent’ (Andrew Hawley is a producer and actor, known for Devil's Gold 2018 and The Innocent 1985). It was then presented by the Director John Mackenzie (He assisted Ken Loach on his classic early TV plays such as The Wednesday Play: Cathy Come Home (1966) and made many other films including The Long Good Friday starring Bob Hoskins in 1980). The sword has the correct fish skin covered grip with wire binding which is tight and intact. The hilt is fitted with original leather cord which has stapled repairs in places and acorn knot. The sword is complete with its leather field covered steel scabbard which has fixed hanging bar & shoe. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 19416.
£545.00

**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
£1,250.00

British Board Of Ordnance 1845 Pattern Royal Navy Boarding Cutlass Weapon Number ‘172’ Regulation Converted Slender Blade C1887 / 1888. Sn 22296 - 22296
The British Royal Navy due to its global presence and command of the sea was by far the most organised and trained of all the World major sea services and it's edged weapons used for boarding and repelling boarders reflected this. The Royal Navy was one of the first Navies in the 18th Century to begin standardising the personal edged weapons used by ordinary seaman. Experiments during the early 1840s for a new naval cutlass design to replace the venerable 1804 Pattern resulted in a design by George Lovell, the Inspector of Small Arms, being accepted in 1842. A fire at the Tower of London destroyed early stocks and the design did not enter service in bulk until three years later, hence being termed the 1845 Pattern. It was considered very successful, handling well compared to its bulky predecessor the 1804 Pattern and being simpler to manufacture. Many of the 1845 pattern cutlasses were converted in 1887 and 1888 to the new specifications. They had their blades made more slender (see page 248 of World Swords by Withers). Our example is one of the regulation converted blades which would have been performed circa 1887- 1888. It has the classic single edged 28 ½” (34” overall). The blade is 1 ½” broad at its widest and the spine is 5mm width at its widest. The blade has some staining consistent with age & service use. It has the correct full steel bowl knuckle guard and ribbed steel hilt all blackened. The guard is slotted for wrist strap and has an additional period pierced hole. The guard has 2 brass rivets (these would most likely have supported a brass lozenge riveted to the front with a weapon / rack number. The lozenge is absent (Wither’s book illustrates afore described hilt plates). The guard also has engraved ‘BO WD arrow’ Board of Ordnance mark and weapon number ‘172’. These weapons were stored in locked racks on board ships and issued only for training or combat so are often found without scabbards. Only a small number were furnished with scabbards so that with a baldrick they could be worn for land-bound duties. Our example is without scabbard. The price for this piece of British Naval history includes UK delivery. Sn 22296 (tub armoury)
£675.00

British Ordnance Marked Victorian 1845 Pattern Royal Navy Boarding Cutlass. Sn 22266 - 22266
The British Royal Navy due to its global presence and command of the sea was by far the most organised and trained of all the World major sea services and it's edged weapons used for boarding and repelling boarders reflected this. The Royal Navy was one of the first Navies in the 18th Century to begin standardising the personal edged weapons used by ordinary seaman. Experiments during the early 1840s for a new naval cutlass design to replace the venerable 1804 Pattern resulted in a design by George Lovell, the Inspector of Small Arms, being accepted in 1842. A fire at the Tower of London destroyed early stocks and the design did not enter service in bulk until three years later, hence being termed the 1845 Pattern. It was considered very successful, handling well compared to its bulky predecessor the 1804 Pattern and being simpler to manufacture. This is a very good original Victorian 1845 Pattern boarding Cutlass (see page 248 of World Swords by Withers). Our example has the classic broad single edged 29 ½” blade (34 ½” overall). The blade is just under 1 ½” broad at its widest and the spine is 7mm width at its widest. It has the correct full steel bowl knuckle guard and ribbed steel hilt all blackened. The guard is slotted for wrist strap. The blade has some staining consistent with age & service use and has its original leather hilt washer. Near to the hilt one side of the blade has a ‘crown 13’ British ordnance inspection mark. The spine has faint indistinct partial maker’s name ‘***INGTON’ . These weapons were stored in locked racks on board ships and issued only for training or combat so are often found without scabbards. Only a small number were furnished with scabbards so that with a baldrick they could be worn for land-bound duties. Our example is without scabbard. The price for this piece of British Naval history includes UK delivery. Sn 22266 (tub armoury)
£675.00

**ATTRIBUTED**WW1 British George V Royal Engineers Officer’s 1897 Pattern with Etched Blade Inscribed ‘HCW N Coy CLPR Aug 1914 To June 1917’ Blade No. 02551 Field Service Scabbard & Frog. Sn 19845. - 19845
This is an excellent WW1 dated 1897 pattern Infantry Officer's sword with etched blade. It has a clean 32 ½” long blade with partial fullers. The blade is etched on both sides. Both sides have decorative foliate panels. One side has Kings crown Royal Cypher ‘GR V’ (George V Rex), Kings crown & heraldic arms. The reverse has blued and etched panel ‘HCW N Coy CLPR Aug 1914 To June 1917’ and has the ordnance acceptance star with roundel. The spine of the blade is numbered '02551'. It has a full 1897 Pattern knuckle guard with King George V Crown & Royal Cypher. It has a curved stepped pommel with ball end and knurled back strap for grip, fish skin grip with wire binding in superb condition. There are no visible maker marks on the sword. It is complete with leather covered wood field service scabbard with German silver throat mount. The scabbard is fitted with leather frog that has 2 belt loops and brass buckles. All leather and stitching are clean and intact. The price for this sword worthy of further research includes UK delivery. Sn 19845.
£645.00

**NAPOLEONIC WARS ERA**EARLY VARIANT**British 1796 Pattern Infantry Officers Sword with Blade By JJ Runkel Solingen. ED 2597. - ED 2597
An original early example of a British 1796 Pattern Infantry Officer's sword (see page 159 of World Swords by Withers). It has its regulation brass hilt with correct early variant rigid shell guard. Later variants of the 1796 Infantry sword had folding clamshells. It has the correct knuckle bow. urn shaped pommel and quillon finial which are often found to be missing from these swords. It has a wire bound grip, all very tight and undamaged. It has a 32 ¾” long blade with fullers. The spine of the blade is marked by the German manufacturer ‘J.J. Runkel’ and partially visible ‘Solingen’. The blade is etched on both sides. The etchings include ‘Crown GR’ (George Rex), martial and heraldic arms and foliate devices. The blade is undamaged and has just light staining consistent with age. As is common the sword is without scabbard. The price includes UK delivery. ED 2597.
£1,325.00

SOLD SOLD (27/08) Victorian English Joseph Beal & Sons ‘Endure’ Boar / Deer Hunting Dagger / Sidearm with Polished Horn Hilt, Brass Fittings & Later Bespoke Sadler Made Leather Scabbard. Sn 18616. - 18616
First known as Josh Beal & Sons in 1871 the cutlers company used the ‘Endure’ trademark & the firm was at 8 Silver Street, Sheffield. J & J Beal Ltd was the successor to that firm in 1923. They renewed all their trademarks in 1944. Joseph Ernest Beal & Arnold James Beal were the owners. In 1953, they were in the Red Hill Works, Corporation Street, Sheffield. This is an excellent original Victorian era Hunting Dagger / Sidearm by Beal & Sons. These substantial weapons were carried when hunting large game such as Deer or Boar for self-defence and to deliver the 'death blow' to the hunted prey. This example has an undamaged polished horn hilt secured by brass rivets & heavy brass fittings including re-curving cross guard and pommel cap. Its 17 ¾” single edged steel blade has fullers. The blade is undamaged with just light areas of staining consistent with age. It measures 23” overall. The blade is etched on one side with the maker’s name and trademark ‘Joseph Beal & Sons Sheffield Endure within oval cartouche. The knife comes with a bespoke Sadler made brown leather open top scabbard which was commissioned by us. The leather is excellent, supple and clean & has copper riveted & heavy-duty stitched seams. The scabbard has a belt loop and retaining strap with brass stud fastener. The price for this excellent piece includes UK delivery. Sn 18616. (Bucket)
£0.00
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