MOTORING LITERATURE, AUTOMOBILIA EARLY CYCLING, RAILWAYANA CLOCKS AND SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS STAMPS & COINS MEDALS, ARMS, WWI & WWII MILITARIA

*Auto Cycle Union - 1903. ‘Western Centre’, a bronze medal awarded to T. Catrell for the ‘Cotswold Trial’ in 1936. (1)

*A French Velo ‘Dog Scarer’ Pistol of the type used by bicyclists in the 1880s and 1890s, a fine example with its original nickel-plating, hardwo...

*Raleigh Showroom Display Figure, depicting Sir Walter proffering a shield depicting the post-war Raleigh Industries group of companies, a composi...

*1919 Sunbeam ‘Royal’ Lady’s Loop-Frame Bicycle. A re-painted 22-inch framed machine, retaining its correct mudguards, 26-inch Westwood rims, cha...

*Philip I. Antoniniani (5), Rome, Reverse types: AEQVITAS AVGG, Aequitas standing left, good very fine/extremely fine, (RIC 27b); FIDES EXERCIT, f...

*Northampton Racecourse. Entrance pass, about 1800, view of the Racecourse Pavilion; above, NORTHAMPTON: below, NOT TRANSFERABLE. Reverse: leafy b...

*Africa. A collection of African daggers, including a North African dagger with 18cm steel blade, brass and horn grip with flattened brass pommel,...

*Barong. An Indonesian sword, the typical 38.5cm steel blade with silver and carved wood hilt of traditional style, 58cm long overall. The nationa...

*Basket Hilted Sword. A good mid 18th century English Horseman’s sword, the 93cm straight steel blade by Harvey, engraved with GR beneath crown, r...

*Bayonet. A British bayonet, the 57cm blade stamped ‘Osborn & Gunby’, with brass langet and hilt, 70cm overall in a leather scabbard with brass m...

*Bayonet. A Victorian cutlass bayonet, the 64.5cm straight steel blade, with steel cup guard, diced rubber grip, 79cm overall. (1)

*Bayonet. An American military bayonet, the 29.5cm wide steel clipped back blade stamped ‘Ames Mfg Co. Chicopee Mass’, reverse stamped ‘USN D.R....

*Bayonet. A British 1903 pattern bayonet, the 30.5cm blade stamped with E beneath crown dated 1903, with wooden grips, 43cm overall in its brown l...

*Bichwar. A 19th-century Indian all steel dagger, the 20cm curved steel blade with complete loop incorporating the hilt with serrated edges and in...

*Bowie Knife. A Victorian bowie knife, the 15.5cm straight double edge blade by Robert Lingard, Sheffield, etched ‘Never draw me without reason n...

*Bowie Knife. A Victorian bowie knife, the 11cm clipped steel blade by Robert Lingard, Sheffield, with plated crossguard and scroll handle, 22cm o...

*Cavalry Sword. A scarce Chinese Communist cavalry sword, the 79.5cm curved steel blade engraved with serial no. 630373 towards the forte, green m...

*Pesh-Kabz. A Mashud tribe Khyber Pass dagger, the 23.5cm steel blade with tradition "T" back, decorated with silver on both sides, the top edge w...

*Dha. A miniature Burmese dagger, the 7cm double-edge blade with silver wirebound grip and flat pommel, 13cm overall in its ornate scabbard with w...

*Fighting Axe. An Indian axe, possibly from the Kingdom of Travancore, the steel crescent-shape axe head pierced with intricate foliate decoration...

*Firangi. An 18th-century Indian sword, the 81.5cm straight blade with three fullers, khanda type hilt, disc pommel and curved spike pommel, 101cm...

*Golok. A 19th-century Malaysian sword, the 53cm swollen blade engraved with scrolls along the top edge and a further scroll towards the forte, wi...

*Halberd. A German polearm, probably 17th century, the iron head with long spike, pierced with geometric devices, traces of a date ‘1662’(?), on ...

*Hunting Dagger. A Victorian knife, the 12cm steel blade with antler grip and flat metal pommel, 25cm overall, in its black leather sheath with me...

*Hunting Sword. An 18th century German hunting hanger, the 53cm straight steel blade engraved with running deer and interlaced scrolls, with brass...

*Jambiya. A 19th-century Arab dagger, the 19.5cm curved steel blade with horn grip applied with white metal mounts and roundels, 31.5cm overall in...

*Jambiya. A 19th-century Arab dagger, the 21cm curved steel blade with horn grip inset with pin work, 30.5cm overall (lacking scabbard), together ...

*Kard. A 19th-century Persian dagger, the 29cm steel blade profusely etched with four birds perched on branches, the reverse side with a lion chas...

*Kard. A 19th-century Indian dagger, the 14.5cm straight steel blade engraved and dated ‘1870’, with ivory grip and upright "ears", the central st...

*Kastane. An 18th/19th-century Ceylonese short sword, the 50cm slightly curved blade with traces of engraving, with gold inlaid scrolls, the hilt ...

*Katar. A 19th-century Indian dagger, the 20cm thick steel blade engraved with scrolls and armour piercing tip, with brass hilt formed with two ba...

*Kinjal. A Russian Cossack sidearm, the 43.5cm curved steel blade with two fullers, wooden and brass hilt, various markings, 59.5cm overall, in it...

*Kris. A Malay Peninsula dagger, the 35.5cm wavy steel blade with Pamir decoration, the hilt with wirebound cup and carved wooden handle in the tr...

*Kukri. A Nepalese knife, the 31cm curved steel blade with wooden grip, 42cm overall in its leather-covered scabbard with pocket containing sandal...

*Kukri. A fine presentation Gurkha kukri of the 8th Gurkha Rifles, the 38cm curved steel blade with brass and aluminium grip, 49cm overall, in its...

*Machete. A South East Asia jungle knife, the 44.5cm European steel blade stamped ‘Martindale Birmingham No. 404’ with primitive hilt formed as a...

*Mogul. A 19th-century knife possibly Mogul, the 21.5cm straight steel blade with traces of Koftgari continuing to the iron grip, 34cm overall, in...

*Ngulu. A Congo sword, the 49cm blade engraved and with crescent hook, carved wooden grip, 70cm overall. (1)

*Pesh-Kabz. A 19th-century Persian dagger, the 24.5cm blade with pronounced double reverse curves and "T" section ends in cut decoration, the copp...

*Piha-Kaetta. A Sinhalese knife, the 22.5cm rough heavy blade inlaid with brass panels of scroll-engraved decoration, the hilt with solid brass cu...

*Small Sword. A late 18th century silver hilt small sword, the 86.5cm triangular hollow steel blade with silver double shell guard integral pas-de...

*Somali. A Somali Billao dagger, the 26cm crudely made wide blade with black horn grip in ‘Tri-Pinnacle’ form, 43cm overall, together with five o...

*Sword. A Victorian Artillery sword, the 85.5cm slightly curved blade stamped ‘Rodwell & Co.’, additionally stamped ‘15D’, the steel triple bar ...

*Sword. A British 1897 Pattern Officer’s sword, the 84cm blade stamped ‘Approved’, with plated honeysuckle hilt, wire-bound fish skin grip and do...

*Sword. An American Masonic sword, the 71cm straight steel blade by ‘C.E. Ward Co. Mem. London’, profusely engraved with the name ‘Edward Young ...

*Sword. A late 19th-century German hunting sword, the 40cm straight steel blade stamped ‘Fernando Esser, Elberfeld warranted cast steel, No. 938’...

*Sword. A Chinese Shuang Gou (Tiger Hook) all steel hooked sword, the blade with crescent blade and spear point, 93cm overall. (1)

*Sword. A 19th-century Ceylonese sword, the 65cm curved steel blade with silvered metal hilt decorated with scrolls, ivory grip and beast head’s p...

*Sword. A Victorian British Naval marmeluke, the 63cm curved blade, with fouled anchor engraved to the crossguard, ivory grips inset with gilt met...

*Sword. A 19th-century German Diplomatic court sword, the 75cm straight steel blade with brass guard cast with imperial eagle, scroll knucklebow, ...

*Sword. A 19th-century Gladius sidearm, the 48.5cm double edge blade with cuttler’s marking and dated 1832, with brass hilt stamped ‘517’, 63.5cm...

*Swords. An 18th-century hangar, circa 1760s, the 59cm curved steel blade with pierced brass guard, leather-bound grip and spherical pommel, 72cm ...

*Third Reich. A Luftwaffe 1st Pattern dagger, the 31.5cm steel blade by Paul Weyersberg & Co, Solingen, with curved aluminium crossguard, wire bou...

*Trench Knife. A Great War dagger, the 15cm steel blade stamped ‘Gottlieb Hammesfahr Solingen Foche’, with additional mark to reverse, steel cros...

*Trench Knife. A WWI fighting knife, the 16.5cm double edge blade with cog wheel knucklebow and diced horn grip, 27.5cm overall. (1)

*Trench Knife. A WWI German all steel knife, the 10cm double edge blade stamped ‘Othello Solingen’, reverse stamped ‘Anton Wingen Jr, Solingen. ...

*Tulwar. An early 19th-century Indian sabre, the 83cm curved steel blade with Koftgari script, with it continuing along the top edge of the blade,...

*Yataghan. A fine 19th-century Turkish Ottoman sword, the 57cm wavy steel blade with two fullers, silver inlaid cartouche saying it is from the Ko...

*Derringer. An American Southerner .41 rimfire derringer, Serial No. 1925, circa 1870, the 6.2cm octagonal steel barrel engraved ‘Southerner’, im...

*Derringer. An American Marlin Never Miss .32 rimfire derringer, Serial No. 1194, circa 1870, the 6.2cm circular steel barrel engraved Never Miss,...