Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria

Attractive Japanese Enamel Decorated Sword in Tach Mounts, blade 46.8cms, mumei (probably not tempered), the hilt, scabbard and tsuba all finely e...

WW2 Japanese Army Officers Sword Katana, blade 64.6cms, signed with 5 characters, and struck with the Seki arsenal stamp, bold midare hamon, in go...

Japanese Carved Bone Sword, blade 53.3cms, signed with an 8 character signature, hilt and scabbard carved with assorted sages and figures in low r...

Japanese Short Sword Wakizashi, blade 44.3cms with 6 character signature, heavily cleaned bright and with some opening of grain, engraved iron tsu...

30 Bore Japanese Matchlock Gun Tanegashima, 19th Century, octagonal barrel incised with characters 3, 6 and another, raised iron block sights, mag...

Japanese Faceguard Mempo from a Full Armour, made from black lacquered iron, red lacquer inside chin, throat plates lacquered black overall, blue ...

Japanese Lacquered Iron Helmet Kabuto, hachi comprising 6 plates rising to a soft metal tehen kanamno, front of hachi with gilt lacquered mon (?) ...

Japanese Mounted Archers Laminated Bow Yumi, wooden nocks, bamboo facings and bindings. Overall 215cms. Fair condition, some evidence of restorati...

Japanese Mounted Archers Laminated Bow Yumi, wooden nocks, bamboo facings with wooden core, signed with 3 characters, bamboo bindings. Overall 217...

^ Good Quality Qing Dynasty Chinese Eating Trousse, blade with remains of inlaid and engraved decoration, hard wood grips and sheath each finely i...

^ Chinese Eating Trousse, Probably c.1900, knife with imitation tortoise shell covering to hilt, ivory chopstick (one missing) with silver pommel,...

Pair of Chinese ‘River Pirates’ Double Swords, Late Qing Dynasty, straight shallow diamond section plain blades, swollen reeded horn grips, cast b...

Chinese Composite Bow, 19th Century or Earlier, outside of the bow covered with polished black buffalo horn, with green stained polished fish skin...

Early Chinese Wrought Iron Stirrup, of conventional form, the bow chiselled in high relief with a pair of addorsed dragon heads each with pierced ...

Good Quality Chinese or Tibetan Silver Mounted Strike-a-Light Chuk Muk, 19th Century, curved steel striker beneath pierced silver scrollwork secur...

Scarce Cantonese Munition Belt applied with 20 x Kwang Tung Province 20 cents coins, and 40 smaller coins struck with Arabic, each secured by a ce...

Rare Formosan (Taiwanese) Head Hunters Sword of the Paiwan, 19th Century, broad straight single edge blade of dao form, nicely carved red painted ...

Turkish Sword Yataghan, T-section recurve blade profusely inlaid with silver decoration including carnation flowers on one side, 8 silver inlaid i...

Turkish Sword Yataghan, single edge recurved blade with thickened back edge inlaid with silver makers stamp and with engraved inscription, 2 piece...

Turkish Silver Mounted Sword Yataghan, single edge blade with thickened back edge inlaid in silver with small script cartouche and extensive geome...

Persian Helmet Kula Khud, Late Qajar Dynasty, one piece bowl embossed in the form of a devil’s head, etched overall with assorted seated figures, ...

Persian Iron Arm Guard Bazu Band, Qjar 19th Century, of conventional form chiselled overall with a reticulated design containing flower heads, com...

Indian Iron Helmet Khula Khud, one piece bowl with sliding nasal bar, fixed plume holders, top spike, reinforced brim with earlier applied camail....

Indian Helmet Kula Khud, Late 19th Century, one piece bowl of melon form decorate with gold and silver koftgari decoration overall with 16 vertica...

Indian Iron Katar of Tanjore Armoury Type, 17th Century, straight double edge firangi blade, iron hilt chiselled with beaded edges and trailing fo...

Indian Thrusting Dagger Katar from Rajasthan, Late 19th Century, tapered wootz blade with burnished edges, raised central rib and thickened point,...

Small Indian ‘Tiger Dagger’ Jambya, curved double edge blade with tapered panel fullers, 2 piece shaped bone grips, in its leather sheath (tip mis...

Early Indian Sword Tulwar, Probably 16th/17th Century, slightly curved single edge blade cut with 3 fullers and engraved with early inventory numb...

Early Indian Sword Tulwar, 17th Century, curved single edge blade cut with a pair of narrow fullers deeply struck twice with NCENS between flower ...

Indian Sword Tulwar, 18th Century, slightly curved single edge blade cut with 3 fullers, brass hilt with pointed quillons deeply engraved with ear...

Indian Sword Tulwar c.1800, broad curved single edge blade cut with a narrow fuller, iron hilt of conventional form with knuckle bow. Overall 92cm...

Indian Sword Tulwar Early 19th Century, curved single edge blade, iron hilt of conventional form with knuckle bow and long langets, in its leather...

Rare Indian Bayonet Sangin Intended to be Bound to a Matchlock Gun Torador, 18th or 19th Century, blade thickened towards the point, decorated ove...

Finely Decorated Iron Head for an Indian Lance, cruciform section polished blades, tapered socket covered with silver koftgari decoration involvin...

Indian Wooden Saddle Tree with Iron Fittings, Probably 18th or 19th Century, cantle with prominent pommel as a palmet in positive silhouette with ...

4x Large Late 19th Century Indian Epaulettes, each elaborately decorated with bullion and sequin embroidery, possibly for embellishing wedding cos...

Indian Silver Mounted Kukri c.1900, swollen blade of conventional form, wooden hilt, in its leather covered sheath with elaborate foliate decorate...

North Indian Kukri, blade engraved with foliage and 2 masks, wooden hilt inlaid with zinc nails, in a silver mounted leather covered sheath, locke...

Interesting Indian Kukri, blade of conventional form (active rust at tip), brass mounted swollen wooden grip, ferule engraved MIR HASSANKHN MARCH ...

Indian Hide Shield Buckler from Baluchistan, 19th Century, outside closely covered with brass ornaments bands and bosses all decorated with ring-p...

12 Bore Ottoman Flintlock Rifle c.1800 Made for Sind or Afghanistan, deeply rifled octagonal Damascus twist barrel inlaid with gold floral decorat...

30 Bore Scinde Percussion Gun c.1830, tapered barrel with applied brass lion head muzzle and plain shapes to breech, extensive brass mounts butt c...

^ Good Quality 25 Bore Indian Matchlock Gun Torador from Rajasthan, Probably Rajput c.1800, fine damascus twist barrel with 2 polygonal sections t...

32 Bore Indian Matchlock Gun Torador, Probably Punjab First Half of the 19th Century, full stock in partridge wood, pattern welded octagonal barre...

Early 19th Century Indian Matchlock Gun Torador, barrel swollen at breech and muzzle, fullstocked, slightly curved butt, iron lock sides with bras...

26 Bore Indian Matchlock Gun, barrel reeded at the swollen breech and muzzle, swept stock. Fair condition, parts missing.

Decorative 36 Bore Afghan Flintlock Gun Jezail, fitted with an East India Company lock engraved with EIC lion, stock inlaid with brass and mother-...

Fine Assamese Naga Sword Dao, slightly curved single edge blade swollen towards the tip, facetted brass ferule, grip covered with lacquered woven ...

Indonesian Spear, 19th Century, shallow diamond section head with straight pamor, turned at the root, on its wooden haft with turned brass socket;...

North African Sword Flyssa, late 19th century, slightly swollen single edge with geometric chiselling and brass inlay, brass covered hilt with cam...

^ North African Sword Nimcha, Late 19th Century, slightly curved single edge blade cut with 3 narrow fullers and stamped with crescent moon and cr...

Ethiopian Ceremonial Hide Shield, possibly late 19th century, of typical dome shape, the outside covered with blue fabric and adorned with extensi...

Ceremonial Ethiopian Hide Shield, of conventional form with tall raised umbo, decorated overall with geometric tooling and fitted with silver band...

Sudanese Sword Kaskara, Probably Sudan Campaign Period, broad straight double edge blade etched on both sides with panels containing pious inscrip...

Omdurman Period Sudanese Sword Kaskara, broad straight double edge blade struck with makers mark, iron crosspiece, wooden grip. Overall 101cms, bl...

Sudanese Sword Kaskara, broad straight double edged blade struck with crescent moon marks to both sides. Later steel pommel and cross guard with l...

Large Curved Banza Throwing Knife Used by the Azande of Southern Sudan, single edge blade with geometric chiselled decoration to one side, wooden ...

Scarce Sudanese Cotton Jibba of Conventional Form with open neck and short sleeves, probably Omdurman period, hemmed and patched overall with wool...

Sudanese Hippo Hide Shield of Conventional Form, probably Sudan campaign period as used by the Dervishes of the Hadendoa tribe, raised umbo, leath...

Massive Hippo Hide Shield of the Nuer and Shilluk Tribes from the Upper Nile Region of Sudan, probably late 19th century, of lenticular form, the ...