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Lot 160
the first with shaped copper alloy escutcheon on the lid, refitted and lined in green baize; the second veneered with bands on the lid, refitted and lined in green baize; the third with a copper alloy escutcheon on the lid, refitted and lined in blue baize, the first: 41.2 cm x 26.0 cm (external) (3)
Lot 554
Thug or A Million Murders Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. London c.1933 Cloth boards. 246 pages, 11 black and white plates. Author's dedication to his sister dated 1933 pasted onto first flyleaf. Book review from 'Punch' pasted on the lower pastdown. English Sunning to the spine. Spine slightly loose. Internally clean. Provenance: From the Library of the Late Peter Curnow Millett (1925-2016)
Lot 38
with double-edged blade cut-down from a European sword, iron hilt of characteristic form, comprising a pair of langets with lotus leaf terminals, side bars decorated with a running border pattern, grip bars with knop-shaped mouldings, chiselled throughout with linear patterns; together with two contemporary Indian katar scabbards the first: 29.5 cm blade (3) Provenance The first: Daniel Z. Noorian, New York, 3 April 1929, John Woodman Higgins Inv. No. 735, sold in this room, 7th May 2014, Lot 37
Lot 26
A KATAR SCABBARD AND SEVEN ASIAN SWORD SCABBARDS, 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURIES The first of pattern-welded steel, straight double-edged blade widening at the forte and short ang; the second diamond-shaped and chased with foliage around the border; the third of fabric-covered wood; six leather-covered wooden scabbards for curved blades and another, straight, probably for a Khyber knife, the first: 34.5 cm blade (10)
Lot 355
Durbar Souvenir 1911-1912 printed at Craxton House by G.W. & A.E. Claridge Bombay 1912 Cord-bound wrappers with Royal coat-of-arms laid down on front wrapper. Rare first edition. Unpaginated, 24 pages of plates, some in blue Photographs by Bourne & Shepherd, official photographers, Bombay. English Wear to the covers and minor tears, fine internally Provenance: From the Library of the Late Peter Curnow Millett (1925-2016)
Lot 159
the first with shaped copper alloy escutcheon on the lid, refitted and lined in blue baize; the second with shaped copper alloy escutcheon on the lid, refitted and lined in green baize; the third with shaped copper alloy escutcheon on the lid, refitted and lined in blue baize; the fourth with shaped copper alloy escutcheon on the lid, refitted and lined in blue baize; the fifth with moulded lid with shaped copper alloy escutcheon, refitted and lined in green baize; the sixth, seventh, eight and ninth lined in green baize and the tenth lined in blue green fabric, the first: 34.2 cm x 26.5 cm (external) (10)
Lot 127
the first for a broad sword, with iron chape and blue fabric fringing at the throat; the second with iron locket with belt hook (chape missing, minor worm damage); and the third with a portion of an early applied label (worn, losses); and another scabbard, 17th century, the first: 96.5 cm (4)
Lot 65
the first two pairs Brazilian, of white metal and characteristic form, each with slender tread, decorated on the front with a five point star above the patriotic inscription and the commemorative date 1889; the third pair Argentine, of white metal, each with slender tread pierced and chiselled with a diamond pattern, and swivelling suspension loop; the fourth pair iron, formed in one piece, each with broad oval tread pierced in the centre and integral suspension loop; the fifth pair iron, formed in one piece, each with very slender tread and side bars of circular section rising to a small suspension loop; the sixth pair of iron, each with rectangular tread, open on one side and with a single side bar rising to an integral suspension loop; and the seventh pair of copper alloy, of flattened circular form, each with slender elliptical tread, and ribbon like side bars rising to integral suspension loop, the first pair: 16.0 cm high (14)
Lot 348
Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists George G. Harrap & Company London 1913 Pictorial cloth binding. First edition. 32 colour illustrations (under the supervision of Abanindro Nath Tagore C.I.E.). Ex libris George M. Doe English Rubbing to the top and bottom of the spine, some spotting to the covers, internally clean Provenance: From the Library of the Late Peter Curnow Millett (1925-2016)
Lot 98
of regulation type, the first with curved blade retaining traces of etching, copper alloy stirrup hilt, with enamelled star of the Order of the White Eagle on the langet, wire-bound grip, in its black iron scabbard with a single suspension-loop; the second with burnished blade, white metal hilt including double shell-guard, in a later scabbard; the third with pipe-backed blade (shortened) etched with foliage, the crowned royal letter ‘A’ and the commemorative dates ‘1861-88’, copper alloy hilt including folding shell-guards cast with the commemorative dates, pommel with the crowned letter ‘A’ and wire-bound grip, in associated scabbard, the first: 79.8 cm blade (3)
Lot 106
of regulation type, the first with fullered blade signed ‘Weyersberg & Stamm, Solingen’, pierced steel hilt (grip binding missing), in its scabbard; the second with curved blade etched with the letter ‘M’ crowned on each face, brass stirrup hilt pierced with a pair of slots for a knot in the Austrian style, in its scabbard, the first: 83.0 cm blade (2)
Lot 117
of regulation type, the first with arsenal markings, in its scabbard (mounts with areas of pitting); the second with a portion of its scabbard; the third (pitted); the fourth a British 1903 pattern bayonet; a German model 1894/98 bayonet, and a further bayonet; and a steel ramrod for a military rifle, with threaded terminal, all contained in a japanned tin trunk with copper alloy escutcheon engraved ‘C. Sloane Stanley Esq.’, the first: 58.0 cm blade (7)
Lot 36
the first in excavated condition, with sharply tapering blade formed with a reinforced point, with pairs of converging fullers on each face, iron hilt extending over the forte with a pair of shaped langets, recurved guard formed with a medial ridge, chiselled with flowerheads around the border and terminating in a monster head, shaped side bars formed and decorated en suite with the guard, a pair of faceted grip bars joined by spherical mouldings and an additional moulded outer bar; and the second of related form, the outer guard reinforced by an E-shaped bar joined to the side bars, the first: 32 cm blade (2) For a discussion of this group see Elgood 2004, pp. 145-150.
Lot 125
comprising four British field service scabbards; a gilt copper alloy scabbard for a society or masonic sword inscribed ‘EMT. Sir Milton R. Macintosh’ and decorated with red enamelled Maltese cross, crucifix, and trophies-of-arms; three iron scabbards; six brass-mounted leather scabbards (losses, some incomplete) and eight further leather scabbards (losses, some incomplete), all contained in a large japanned tin trunk (name escutcheon removed), the first: 85.0 cm (23)
Lot 97
20TH CENTURY Of regulation type, the first with fullered blade with the royal letter ‘L’ (worn, surface rust), gilt copper alloy hilt including boatshell guard, and wire-bound grip between gilt collars; the second with fullered blade double-edged towards the point, etched and gilt with foliage and the crowned Royal cypher ‘MK’ on a blued panel over the lower portion (worn), copper alloy hilt including down-turned shell-guard decorated with a reclining lion and tall mushroom-shaped pommel decorated with foliage (quillon missing, grip incomplete), in its leather scabbard with copper alloy mounts (worn); the third with fullered blade double-edged towards the point and etched over the greater part of its length on each face with foliage and a crossed sword and baton (some wear), copper alloy hilt including down-turned shell-guard with moulded border, domed pommel (small dents around the button) and chequered grip, the first: 80.7 cm blade (3)
Lot 120
the first two of regulation type; another for an infantry regiment; three regulation style cast hilts; twelve mounts for smallswords and court swords; three chapes and two lockets for regulation scabbards; two lionhead pommels and backstraps, the principal mounts for a dirk scabbard and further elements, the first: 17.3 cm (qty)
Lot 193
comprising: Rausing, Gad, The Bow: Some Notes on its Origin and Development, first edition, Lund, 1967, and second edition, Manchester, 1997; Hardy, Robert, Longbow: A Social and Military History, Cambridge, 1976 (ex-library copy); Hodgkin, Adrian Eliot, The Archer’s Craft, second edition, London, 1974; Bradbury, Jim, The Medieval Archer, Woodbridge, 1985; Harris, P. Valentine, Myth and Mystery in Archery History, Reading, 1985; Milliken, E.K., Archery in the Middle Ages, London, 1967 (ex-library copy); Lake, Fred & Wright, Hal, Bibliography of Archery, Manchester, 1974; Butt, W. (ed.), Ford on Archery, London, 1887 (slight wear); Duff, James, Bows and Arrows, Manchester, 1992 (reprint); and Walrond, H. (ed.), The Archer’s Register 1901, London, 1901 (11 volumes) Provenance Edward McEwen (1934-2020)
Lot 57
the first with large horn body, fitted with a silver mounts top and bottom, each decorated with filigree and set with coral, the larger with iron nozzle, and a single iron ring for suspension; the second with iron horn-shaped body encased in white metal (losses); the third and fourth charge flasks, of horn-shaped form, faced with copper alloy decorated with linear designs, and each with spring closure, the first: 23.0 cm (4)
Lot 491
In India (the land of famine and of plague); or Bombay the Beautiful the First City of India The Ideal Publishing Union London 1899 Pictorial boards. Second edition. 331 pages, 34 black and white illustrations. English Covers lightly soiled. Very light minor foxing. Provenance: From the Library of the Late Peter Curnow Millett (1925-2016)
Lot 446
Tales of the Punjab. Told by the People Macmillan & Co. London 1894 Gilt pictorial boards. First edition. 395 pages, several black & white illustrations A notable collection of 43 Punjabi tales collected and recounted by the English writer Flora Annie Steele (1847-1929). Steele spent 22 years in India, chiefly in the Punjab. Rejecting the role of idle "mehmsahib" she became an educational reformer and an outspoken critic of the colonial government's failings. She became deeply interested the local language and folk-tales and with Rudyard Kipling's father, John Lockwood Kipling worked to support Indian arts and crafts. The illustrations are by John Lockwood Kipling and Temple's notes provide helpful historical and cultural information. The binding is a design of a peacock and jackal under a flowering tree, and reproduces one of Kipling's illustrations. English Covers well worn and soiled, internally clean Provenance: From the Library of the Late Peter Curnow Millett (1925-2016)
Lot 67
with sighted barrel, blued dated lock stamped 'Tower' and with crowned VR, hardwood full stock stamped with the date on the butt, and regulation brass mounts; and an Indian three band percussion musket, third quarter of the 19th Century, with sighted barrel fitted with adjustable folding back-sight, plain lock, hardwood full stock, and regulation brass mounts (each refinished), the first: 52cm barrel (2)
Lot 110
the first of regulation type, with openwork steel hilt, leather-covered grip, in its scabbard; the second of regulation type, with fullered blade, polished steel hilt pierced to form three ribbon-shaped bars, in its scabbard with leather frog; the third with fullered blade etched with foliage and the Prussian eagle over the lower half, stamped with the marks of ‘W. K. & C.’, gilt copper alloy hilt cast with scrolls and foliage, including down-turned shell-guard, quillon and pommel, and imitation mother-of-pearl grips, in its scabbard; the fourth with tapering Solingen blade of square section, blunt tip, and figure-of-eight shaped guard, the first: 62.5 cm (4)
Lot 61
the first of iron, the outer surface decorated with silver scrolling foliage enriched with gold, fitted with four low domed bosses corresponding with rings for enarmes on the inside; the second of shallow-convex hide, the outer face reinforced with a copper alloy band around the brim, applied with copper alloy crescents and four bosses corresponding with iron rings for enarmes on the inside, with an early pad (worn), the first: 36.0 cm (2)
Lot 190
Field and Target Archery, Connecticut, 1961 together with: Bilson, Frank L., Modern Archery, first impression, London, 1949 (light wear to spine), and third impression, 1950; Mason, R. Oswald, Pro Aris et Focis, London, 1970 (reprint); Elmer, Robert P., Target Archery, Tiptree, 1952 (wear to jacket); Clover, Patrick (ed.), Bowman’s Handbook for the Practical Archer, first edition, Portsmouth, 1953 (with wear to jacket and some wear to cover), second edition, 1954 (with wear to jacket and some wear to cover), and fourth edition, 1957 (no jacket); Hochman, Louis, The Complete Archery Book, New York (ex-library copy); Roberts, T., The English Bowman, London, 1973 (reprint); Magical Beasts, Amsterdam; Hodgkin, Adrian Eliot, The Archer’s Craft, London, 1951 (heavily worn and torn jacket); Pope, Saxton T., Bows and Arrows, paperback, third printing, 1962 (cover worn); Wood, Sir William, The Bowman’s Glory or Archery Revived, Wakefield, 1969 (reprint); Bow versus Gun, Wakefield, 1973 (reprint); Vanhoutryve, Lic.A., Koninklijke en Prinselijke hoofdgilde SintJoris Stalen Boog Brugge, Brugge, 1985 (staining, cover worn, with hand-written dedication to Edward McEwen by the author); The Archer’s Guide by an Old Toxophilite, London, 1970 (reprint); Heath, E.G., A Hostory of Target Archery, Newton Abbott, 1973; Hein, Joachim, Bogenhandwerk und Bogensport bei den Osmanen (worn, with loose pages); Heath, E.G., Archery: The Modern Approach, London, 1966 (two copies, one ex-library, both with light wear to jacket); The Rev. Francis, P.H., Mechanical Biology, London (light wear to jacket); and How to Improve your Archery, Chicago (cover loose) (23 volumes) Provenance Edward McEwen (1934-2020)
Lot 525
Bombay-Poona A Souvenir of the Twenty-First Meeting of the Indian Science Congress Held at Bombay The Aryabhushan Press Poona 1934 Wrappers. 120 pages, black and white illustrations and figures with 2 fold-out maps. English Covers worn. Internally clean. Provenance: From the Library of the Late Peter Curnow Millett (1925-2016)
Lot 35
the first with recurved engraved blade, iron hilt including recurved knuckle-guard with bud-shaped finial, and bone grip of characteristic form; the second with recurved reinforced blade, the lower portion of T-section, and the hilt fitted with a pair of marine ivory grip-scales retained by five pairs of iron rivets, the first: 19.5 cm blade (2)
Lot 92
LATE 19TH CENTURY AND ANOTHER, IN 19TH CENTURY STYLE The first with tapering blade of flattened-diamond section, rectangular ricasso struck with a crowned ‘B’ mark, copper alloy hilt including down-turned shell-guard decorated with a cockerel on a trophy-of arms and pommel charged with a flaming grenade; the second with tapering blade of hollow-triangular section, etched and gilt with trophies on a blued ground over the lower portion (worn), gilt copper alloy hilt including down-turned shell-guard decorated with an elaborate scalloped pattern and pommel with anthemion, and fluted grip-scales, in its scabbard (now in two pieces); the third of similar design, with 20th century hilt and scabbard, the first: 81.7 cm blade (3)
Lot 453
Descriptive List if Pictures In Government House and the Banqueting Hall, Madras the Superintendent, Government Press Madras 1903 Gilt pictorial boards. First edition. 239 pages, 20 monochrome plates English Covers soiled and worn, some foxing to plates, otherwise clean internally Provenance: From the Library of the Late Peter Curnow Millett (1925-2016)
Lot 378
Folklore Notes. Vol. I - Gujarat. Vol. II - Konkan. Compiled from Materials Collected by the late A.M.T. Jackson, Indian Civil Service British India Press Bombay 1914 Boards with gilt title. First edition. 251 pages in total, plus xxxvii of appendix in the second volume. English Covers soiled and worn, internally clean Provenance: From the Library of the Late Peter Curnow Millett (1925-2016)
Lot 411
The Koochpurwanaypore Swadeshi Railway Thacker Spink & Co. Calcutta 1920s Paperback booklet. 49 monochrome plates and 10 pages of advertisments The sketches first appeared in the G.I.P. Railway Magazine and were reprinted by the artist in bookform to 'amuse the Railwaymen of India and the general public'. English Wear to covers, internally clean Provenance: From the Library of the Late Peter Curnow Millett (1925-2016)
Lot 104
of regulation type, the first with curved fullered blade signed ‘E.Pack & Sohns’ at the forte, stirrup hilt, wire-bound grip, sword knot, in its scabbard; the second and third with curved fullered blade struck with a king’s head mark at the forte, iron stirrup hilts with scrolling quillon and pierced for a knot at the top, partly chequered back-strap, and banded grip with iron ferrule, the first: 87.8 cm blade (3)
Lot 58
AND ARMOUR, 18TH/19TH CENTURY The first with octagonal tubular body decorated with silver-encrusted scrolls on the outside, scoop-shaped nozzle, and graduated plunger, with a ring for suspension; the remainder comprising two Indian talwar hilts, one with traces of silver plating; three cross-guards (one incomplete); a scabbard for a pesh-kabz; eight scabbard mounts; a nasal for a kulah khud; four barrel mounts and a Chinese arrow head, the first: 13.7 cm, (qty)
Lot 129
the first of reeded bone, probably from an infantry sword of circa 1780; the second of natural staghorn, from a hunting sword; the third of wire-bound fishskin, with copper alloy back-strap; the fourth of wood bound with plaited wire, the fifth and sixth of wood, and a composition tigerhead finial (6)
Lot 465
Chow-Chow: Being Selections from a Journal Kept in India, Egypt and Syria Eric Partridge at the Scholartis Press London 1930 Boards. First edition. Xxv 408 pages. Dedication from Rawlinson to Lady Sykes dated 1932. English Covers slightly soiled. Inside pages clean. Provenance: From the Library of the Late Peter Curnow Millett (1925-2016)
Lot 428
Rural Life in Bengal. Illustrative of Anglo-Indian Suburban Life; More Particularly in Connection With the Planter and Peasantry, the Varied Produce of the Soil and Seasons; With Copious Details of the Culture and Manufacture of Indigo. Letters from an Artist in India to his Sisters in England W. Thacker & Co. London 1860 Pictorial boards. 203 pages, 166 black & white illustrations English Worn covers with water damage marks, internally clean, minor spots on the first pages, not affecting the text Provenance: From the Library of the Late Peter Curnow Millett (1925-2016)
Lot 39
the first with sharply tapering fullered blade formed with a reinforced point and integral iron hilt with two grip bars and traces of silver decoration; the second with long sharply tapering fullered blade formed with a reinforced point, naively decorated on each face with animals in brass, integral iron hilt with two grip bars, decorated throughout with further animals en suite with the forte; and the third a folding katar decorated with characteristic silver koftgari, the first: 37 cm overall (3)
Lot 164
the first inscribed ‘Silvestro’ di Foligno’ (pitted, partly obscured) on the inside, chiselled with a mask on the tail and fitted with pierced and chiselled cock (incomplete, restorations); the second for a pistol (pitted); the third for a Balkan pistol (cock missing), a detached steel, two mainsprings and a side-plate, the first: 16.0 cm (7) A Giovanni Silvestro is recorded in Brecia and Monte di Sansavino, Tuscany, circa 1670. Foligno is an Umbrian town in the province of Perugia.
Lot 442
The Holy Mountain. Being the Story of a Pilgrimage to Lake Manas and of Initiations on Mount Kailas in Tibet Faber and Faber London 1934 Boards. First edition. 203 pages, 3 black & white illustrations With an introduction by W.B. Yeats English Wear to covers, internally clean Provenance: From the Library of the Late Peter Curnow Millett (1925-2016)
Lot 80
the first with associated straight slender blade, copper alloy hilt cast in low relief, including boatshell guard, a pair of quillons, knuckle-guard, ovoid pommel and solid grip all decorated with rococo style ornament; the second for an early 19th century hunting sword with straight blade, with copper alloy locket and chape, the former decorated with acorn button for suspension and the third of plain leather, the first: 75.5 cm blade (3)
Lot 99
OFFICIAL, LATE 19TH CENTURY Of regulation type, the first with straight single-edged fullered blade, etched with trophies of foliage on each face at the forte and signed ‘Aug. Schneider a Berlin’ on the back-edge, gilt copper alloy hilt including double shell-guard and foliate quillon, grip bound with plaited wire between gilt copper alloy collars, sword knot, in associated scabbard with sword cover; the second with etched blade, copper alloy hilt including down-turned shell-guard charged with the Imperial Eaglre in white metal, plain knuckle-guard, gadrooned pommel (grip binding missing), in copper alloy mounted leather scabbard, probably the original, the first: 83.0 cm (2)
Lot 64
of characteristic shoe-shaped form; the first pair of copper alloy, engraved with scrolls and foliage on the top and with an integral suspension loop; the second pair of white metal, slightly smaller, and engraved with scrolls and foliage on top; the third pair each pierced with a pair of triangles and cast with raised bands framing the suspension loop; the fourth pair of copper alloy slipper form, each pierced at the rear and with a small U-shaped suspension loop; the fifth and sixth almost forming a pair, each cast in imitation of a buckle and with a scalloped design on each side of the suspension loop; the seventh stamped ‘G. Joppert & Cie, Rio da Janeiro’; the eighth of plain white metal; the ninth of copper; the tenth a small iron slipper-shaped stirrup; the eleventh of wood carved with a scrolling terminal and decorated with foliage and the twelfth similar, carved with geometric designs, the first: 11.5 cm high (16)
Lot 393
Hotch Potch and Kedgeree Thacker Spink & Co. Calcutta 1916 Pictorial boards. First edition. 137 pages, 25 tipped-in black & white illustrations A collection of humorous remembrances of life in Scotland and India as a rugby player, horse-owner, merchant and civil servant. Profits from this publication were to be given to Lady Carmichael's Bengal Women's War Fund. English Wear to cover, internally clean Provenance: From the Library of the Late Peter Curnow Millett (1925-2016)
Lot 464
Lady Logins Recollections Court Life and Camp Life 1820-1904 Smith, Elder & Co. London 1916 Boards. First edition. 345 pages, 9 black and white illustrations with a colour frontispiece. English Covers slightly soiled and worn. Minor foxing to inside pages. Provenance: From the Library of the Late Peter Curnow Millett (1925-2016)
Lot 102
OFFICER’S DEGEN, LATE 19TH CENTURY Of regulation type, the first with straight single-edged fullered blade, copper alloy hilt with down-turned shell-guard charged with the Imperial Eagle in white metal, plain knuckle-guard, gadrooned pommel, wire-bound grip and sword knot, in copper alloy mounted leather scabbard, probably the original; the second with etched blade, elaborate hilt including a strung bugle on the knuckle-guard (pommel button missing, grip incomplete, associated scabbard); and the third with plain blade, copper alloy hilt including folding shell-guard and copper alloy mounted leather scabbard, probably the original, the first: 86.4 cm blade (3)
Lot 55
the first with iron axe head formed with a pronounced vertical spike, on its curved wooden haft; the second with small triangular iron head, on its wooden haft; the third with flat inner face and carved grooved outer face; and the fourth of regulation type (worn throughout), the first: 86.5 cm overall (4)
Lot 8
the first: Sugata (configuration): shinogi-zukuri (longitudinal ridgeline) with shallow torii-zori (even curve), medium kissaki (tip of blade); kitae (forging pattern) details obscured by rubbing; hamon (tempering pattern) details obscured by rubbing, copper habaki (collar); nakago (tang) two mekugi-ana (peg holes), suriage (shortened), signed omote (outer face of nakago) Sagami (no) Kami Fujiwara…, ura (inner face of nakago) Echizen Ju… Koshirae (mounting): saya (scabbard) missing; tsuka (handle) wooden wrapped in brown leather over mottled red and black lacquer; with an associated plain iron tsuba (hand guard) with hammered surface and one hitsu-ana (opening for scabbard side blade) the second: Sugata (configuration): shinogi-zukuri (longitudinal ridgeline) with shallow torii-zori (even curve), medium kissaki (tip of blade); kitae (forging pattern) details obscured by rubbing; hamon (tempering pattern) details obscured by rubbing, silvered copper habaki (collar); tsuka (handle); wooden wrapped in samegawa (ray skin) and brown silk braiding Koshirae (mounting): saya (scabbard) missing
Lot 119
the first 17th century, plummet-shaped and fluted, decorated with naïve foliage; the second in 17th century style, of copper alloy, cast with figures; the third for a transitional sword; together with the scallop-shaped guard, grip and cap pommel from a hunting sword; four further grips, a writhen cross-guard from a hand and a half sword in 17th century style, three portions of smallsword hilts and three openwork iron bowls, of loose secret form, the first: 5.0 cm (qty)
Lot 158
the first with shaped copper alloy escutcheon on the lid, refitted and lined in blue baize; the second with oval copper alloy escutcheon on the lid, refitted and lined in blue baize; the third with shaped copper alloy escutcheon on the lid, refitted and lined in blue baize; the fourth banded in copper alloy, with a stylised sunburst on the lid, refitted and lined in green baize; the fifth with oval copper alloy escutcheon on the lid, refitted and lined in green baize; the sixth with shaped copper alloy escutcheon on the lid, refitted and lined in green baize, the first: 37.0 x 25.0 cm (external) (6)
Lot 29
the first with broad curved single-edged blade, iron hilt including bulbous quillons and knuckle-guard with recurved fluted bud-shaped finial; the second with curved blade (shortened), and iron hilt, the third similar, the hilt with large disc pommel with pointed button (cleaned throughout), 68.0 cm (3)
Lot 144
the first an officer's post-1881 gilt and silvered waistbelt-clasp of the East Lancashire Regiment, with matching numbers to the ornate loops; the second a large white metal badge of the pre-1881 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment, with Sphinx above XXX within a circlet inscribed Spectemur Agendo, edged with a bayleaf wreath (minor damage to one end); together with a single officer's SD collar badge, and an OR's KC forage-cap badge (4)
Lot 100
AND AN IMPERIAL GERMAN CAVALRY SWORD, LATE 19TH CENTURY The first with etched blade including regimental designation, a horse's head, mounted troops, and the crowned royal cypher, the maker's details 'Eugen Klotz, Stuttgart' on the back-edge, plated hilt (oxidation), and black grip; the second with polished pipe-backed blade etched with the Bavarian motto 'In Treue Fest', maker's stamps of 'W. K & C' at the forte, further details on the back-edge (rubbed), gilt brass hilt with folding side-guard, wire-bound grip, in its scabbard; the third with curved fullered blade, steel stirrup hilt, and banded grip (binding missing), the first: 81.0 cm blade (3)
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