Royal Air Force Air Officer’s RAF Sword by Wilkinson of London A good and and very rare Senior RAF Officer’s Elizabeth II post 1953 example by Wilkinson, the blade (numbered 110581) etched with Royal Arms and a crowned eagle in flight. The pierced gilt metal guard is again cast with a crowned eagle, the guard enclosing a white shagreen grip with twist wire binding surmounted by a pommel ornamented with an Eagle’s head. Housed in special pattern Air Officers black leather scabbard, with gilt mounts, these with engraved decoration. Complete with bullion sword knot. Near Parade Condition.
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Royal Artillery Elizabeth II Sword by Wilkinson of London. A very good example of the Regimental pattern, the blade with etched decoration incorporating an EIIR cypher, Regimental title and floral decoration. The forte with the cutler’s details and the back of the blade with the number “94825”. The hilt with three bar open guard, with shagreen grip. Complete with polished brown leather field service scabbard and leather sword knot. Parade condition.
A George V Irish Guards Officer's sword, 83cm blade by Thompson of Piccadily, etched with scrolling foliage, crowned regimental device and GVR cypher, regulation steel gothic hilt incorporating the badge of the Irish Guards, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its field service scabbard. Sold with research. The sword of Lieutenant Arthur Edmund O'Connor, Irish Guards. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, Irish Guards, 9th February 1917 and promoted Lieutenant 23rd February 1918. He saw service with the Irish Guards in France and Flanders during the First World War, the regimental history recording him as joining the 1st Battalion in France on 30th September 1917. At that time the 1st Battalion Irish Guards formed part of the 1st Guards Brigade, Guards Division. O'Connor joined the 1st Battalion in time to take part in the battle of Poelcappelle, 9th October 1917, the first battle of Paschendaele, 12th October 1917, the capture of Bourlon Wood, and the German counter-attacks and recapture of Gouzeaucourt, 24th - 30th November 1917. He subsequently saw service with the 2nd Battalion Irish Guards, joining that battalion in the field on 2nd June 1918, on which date it formed part of 4th Guards Brigade, 31st Division. Thereafter the 31st Division took part in the battle of La Becque, 28th June 1918, the capture of Vieux Berquin, 13th August, and the final advance to victory in Flanders, including the battles of Ypres, 28th September - 2nd October, and Tieghem, 31st October 1918. Lieutenant O'Connor was still serving with the Irish Guards when the war ended on 11th November 1918.
A copy of a Scottish basket hilted broadsword, 80cm double fullered blade crudely etched with scrolling foliage, crowned VR cypher and thistles, characteristic plated hilt composed of flattened rounded bars united by heart-pierced junction plates, wire bound leather covered grip, scarlet faced chamois liner and tassel, contained in its plated steel scabbard, together with a brass hilted society sword and two Wilkinson Sword sporting trophy swords. (4)
A late 19th Century Japanese carved wooden swordstick, 69cm blade, characteristic carved wooden scabbard decorated with courtly figures, face inlays lacking, together with a further 19th Century Malacca mounted swordstick with 76.5cm triangular section incurved blade decorated with scrolling foliage at the forte, fitted with a later turned oak handle. (2)
Two late 19th Century Balkan or Ottoman daggers, 23cm blade incised with a scroll, characteristic two-piece ivory grips inset with circle and dot decoration in red, black, white metal and brass, contained in its incised brass scabbard decorated with geometric designs, together with another similar with horn hilt. (2)
A Mandau, 62.5cm heavy blade inset with brass dot decoration along the back edge, the latter also chiselled towards the tip, characteristic carved wooden hilt, contained in its carved wooden scabbard decorated with stylised dragons, complete with short stabbing spear, the handle carved in the form of a seated god.
A 1788 Pattern Cavalry Officer's sword to the 16th or Queen's Light Dragoons, 92cm curved fullered blade decorated with stands of arms, cavalry Officers and The 16th Light Dragoons to one side and The 16th or Qs Lt Dr, also marked R. Solingen on the back edge, regulation steel hilt with leather wrapped wooden grip, contained in its steel scabbard with inset leather panel. During the mid 1790's the regiment fought with distinction at the Battle of Coteau in what is generally thought to have been a text book cavalry action.
A Malayan Kris, 35.5cm watered steel blade with raised medial ridge, characteristic carved wooden hilt in the form of a stylised bird, gadrooned brass collar, contained in an associated wood Kris scabbard, together with a Sumatran Kormabi or Celebes, a Golok with carved wooden hilt and a further Malay knife, all with scabbards. (4)
A Victorian 1822 Pattern Infantry Officer's sword, 81.5cm blade by SIMMONS BROS, COCKSPUR ST LONDON, etched with scrolling foliage and crowned VR cyphers, regulation gothic brass hilt incorporating a crowned VR cypher, folding side guard, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its steel scabbard, together with another similar for an NCO, lacking scabbard. (2)
A George IV 1822 Pattern East India Company Officer's sword, 82cm pipe-backed blade with spear point and traces of two etched panels of decoration, regulation copper gilt hilt incorporating a rampant lion, folding sideguard, stepped pommel, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its engraved copper gilt mounted black leather scabbard, the upper mount engraved with the maker's panel SALTER Sword Cutler to H.R.H. the Duke of Sussex corner of adelphi 73 Strand LONDON.
A Second Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife, 16.75cm flattened diamond section blade, regulation chequered brass hilt, now polished smooth, contained in its leather scabbard, together with a Third Pattern with modified guard and stepped blade, the hilt with cross keys symbol, contained in its leather scabbard. (2)
An 1897 Pattern Infantry Officer's sword, 82cm blade by ROBT MOLE & SONS BIRMINGHAM, etched with scrolling foliage, crowned Royal arms and crowned GVR cypher, regulation pierced steel hilt incorporating a crowned GVR cypher, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its field service scabbard, scabbard leather worn, together with another similar, blade patinated and scabbard damaged but repaired. (2)
An 1803 Pattern Infantry Officer's sword, 77cm curved blade engraved with a crowned GR cypher, scrolling foliage and Royal arms, regulation copper gilt hilt incorporating a crowned GR cypher, lion's mask pommel, wire bound leather covered grip, contained in its copper gilt mounted leather scabbard. Blade and scabbard worn.
A Prussian Officer's Sabre, 85.5cm curved blade with clipped back point, etched with stands of arms a crowned W and a Prussian Eagle with a W on its chest, two-bar gilt brass hilt decorated with laurel leaves and rose heads, wire bound ribbed horn grip, contained in its brass mounted steel scabbard.
A Mauser S98/05 saw-backed bayonet, by FRISTER & ROSSMAN BERLIN, further stamped on the other side of the forte with the maker's mark of Henckels, contained in its steel scabbard complete with leather frog, together with a 2nd Model by A-G Duisburg dated 1917 and with refinished scabbard. (2)
A 1796 Pattern Infantry Sergeant's sword of the 9th Royal Veteran's Reserve Battalion of Ireland, 79cm fullered blade indistinctly stamped J (Runkel S)ohlingen on the back edge, regulation brass hilt with D-shaped knuckle guard and urn shaped pommel, plain wooden grip scabbard lacking. Blade patinated. Sourced from the same collection as the previous lot. Standing Regulations called for Sergeants to carry a brass mounted replica of the infantry officer's 1796 pattern sword, similar in both dimension and form, but with an undecorated blade.
A Good Early 19th Century American Blued and Gilt Cavalry Officer's Sabre, 83.5cm curved blade decorated with a stand of arms including an American standard, scrolling foliage, a cavalry officer and an American Eagle bearing an American flag, the whole highlighted in gilt on a blue ground, this terminating in a foliate scroll just beyond the mid-point of the blade, regulation steel stirrup hilt with wire bound leather covered ribbed grip, contained in its steel scabbard. One side of the blade retains 95%+ of its original blue, gilt and polish, the other about 85%+.
An Irish Georgian Cavalry Officer's sabre by repute retrieved from the battlefield at Waterloo, 74 cm curved blade, decorated with a geometric circular design and retaining traces of blued and gilt decoration behind the langets, significant edge nicks, regulation copper stirrup hilt with lion's head pommel, lion's mask langets, silver wire bound leather covered wooden grip, contained in its copper gilt mounted leather scabbard, the upper mount engraved "J. Read, Maker, College Green, Dublin", and the central scabbard mount additionally later engraved "From the Field after a Charge by the Union Brigade near Ohain Road 1815". Some service wear, the quillon chipped and numerous nicks to the cutting edge of the blade. The Ohain Road ran along the crest of the ridge, directly in front of the bulk of Wellington's cavalry and infantry. The Union Brigade of cavalry at Waterloo, so named because it comprised one English, one Irish and one Scottish regiment, made their celebrated charge across the Ohain Road at the height of the battle, to drive back Napoleon's cavalry, who were attacking Wellington's infantry squares along the Ohain Road. The Irish regiment of that brigade, the Inniskilling Dragoons, lost one officer killed in action at Waterloo, Lieutenant Michael Clusky, shot from his horse by a French infantryman during the charge across the Ohain Road, just after the Inniskillings had engaged the French cavalry in hand to hand combat.
A Sudanese Kaskara, 88.5cm broad fullered blade, characteristic iron hilt with spatulate cruciform cross guard, leather bound and wrapped grip, bound with a tassel knot, contained in its tooled leather scabbard decorated with geometric designs, together with another similar with triple fullered blade and incised with a brace of stylised moons to either side, contained in its tooled leather scabbard (damaged) and a further Kaskara blade. (3)
A 1796 Pattern Infantry Sergeant's sword of the 6th Royal Veteran's Reserve Battalion of 1815-16, 82cm fullered blade, regulation brass hilt with up-turned guard engraved 6 R.V.B. and D/2, D-shaped knuckle guard and rounded urn-shaped pommel, brass wire bound grip, contained in its brass mounted leather scabbard, the throat marked to OBRIEN CORK, sold with copy research. Blade patinated. Several 6th Royal Veteran's Battalions were raised during the period 1804-1821. This sword undoubtedly relates to the 6th Royal Veteran's Battalion formed in Ireland from June 1815, as a result of the emergency occasioned by the return of Napoleon from exile. It was formed from the officers and men of the former 12th Royal Veteran's Battalion. Ten companies strong, it originally had 1,000 rank and file, but this was reduced to 400 in December 1815. It was stationed permanently at Cork during its existence, where it was disbanded on 24th May 1816. Standing Regulations called for Sergeants to carry a brass mounted replica of the infantry officer's 1796 pattern sword, similar in both dimension and form, but with an undecorated blade.
A 19th Century Indo-Persian Pesh-Kabz, 19.5cm recurved T-section blade with swollen armour piercing point, two-piece riveted ivory grips, contained in its red velvet wrapped wooden scabbard, together with another similar with 24cm recurved blade and armour piercing point, steel hilt with traces of scrolling foliage in silver damascene, contained in its cloth wrapped wooden scabbard. (2)
An 1856 Pattern Pioneer's sidearm, 57.5cm clean sawbacked blade stamped with a crown over 1, regulation brass stirrup hilt with ribbed brass grip, stamped with an N to one side of the pommel and sold out of service marks to the other, further marked 99.13 at the base of the grip, contained in its brass mounted leather scabbard.
Three Burmese Dha, the first 28.5cm blade decorated with scrolling foliage and courtly figures, characteristic brass wrapped hilt embossed with foliage, contained in its brass wrapped wooden scabbard decorated ensuite, together with two further Burmese Dha, each contained in their wooden scabbard. (3)

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