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Click here to subscribeRussian Sword Shasqua with Mosin Nagant Bayonet, carved wooden grip, steel pommel and fittings to the handle and the leather covered scabbard. Complete with Mosin Nagant bayonet attached to the scabbard. Slightly curved steel blade. The blade measures 80 ½ cms, overall 97cms. No markings or stampings to the sword. Some damage to the scabbard.
WW2 British 2nd Pattern ‘B2’ Fairbairn Sykes (F.S) Commando Knife, superb example which retains nearly all the blackened finish to the exterior fittings. Grip with knurling. Oval cross guard stamped with broad arrow and ‘B2’. Housed in its original leather scabbard with blued brass lower chape, leather leg tabs and belt loop with elasticated strap. Double edged blade with nearly all of the original blueing remaining. The blade measures 17 ¼ cms, overall 31 ½ cms.
WW2 Japanese Officers Dirk, with brass mounted hilt, shallow “S” shaped cross guard, floral pommel top, fish skin grip with floral stud and wire binding. Housed in its original brown leather brass mounted scabbard with two suspension rings. Polished plain blade with some light nicks to areas of the edge. Blade measures 21cms, overall 41cms.
British 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes (F.S) Knife, fine ribbed grip with blackened brass top nut. Steel cross guard, stamped ‘WILLIAM ROGERS SHEFFIELD ENGLAND’. Housed in its leather scabbard with leg tabs and elasticated securing strap. Good condition double edged blade retaining much of the original blueing. Blade 17 ½ cms, overall 32 ½ cms.
Imperial German Model 1871 Sawback Cadet Pattern Bayonet, fine example of the slightly smaller 1871 cadet pattern bayonet with all brass grip and polished steel cross guard and muzzle ring. Housed in its leather and brass mounted scabbard. Sawback straight blade with fuller to the back edge. Blade is unmarked. The blade measures 46cms, overall 62cms.
British 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes (F.S) Commando Knife by George Ibberson, good example with blackened brass ringed grip with securing nut to the pommel. Oval cross guard stamped ‘G. IBBERSON & CO SHEFFIELD ENGLAND’ and other side with broad arrow and ‘1968 IB-4432’. Complete with the original leather scabbard with blackened brass lower chape, leg tabs and belt loop with elasticated securing strap. Double edged blade with medial ridge retaining much of the original blueing. Blade 17 ½ cms, overall 32 ¼ cms.
WW1 American L F & C 1917 Fighting Knife, good example with the original wooden grip, steel knuckle duster type ‘D’ shaped guard and belt attachment to the rear. Housed in the original green leather covered and steel scabbard. Stamped to the underside of the guard, “U.S. L.F. & C. 1917”. Triangular blued steel blade. Generally remains in good condition.
Dutch Military Sidearm Kleewang, curved swollen blade cut with a single fuller, 2-piece riveted black grips, iron crosspiece, in its brass mounted leather scabbard with belt frog attached. Blade sharpened to edge. The blade measures 45cms, overall 60cms. These sidearms were popular weapons of choice by the allied forces fighting in the jungles of Burma against the Imperial Japanese forces, they were often sharpened to help cut through the jungle terrain.
WW2 Japanese Type 30 Arisaka Bayonet, good example with two piece wooden grips. Steel pommel top and cross guard with muzzle ring and downturned quillon. Housed in its original steel scabbard. Blade with deeply struck fuller to the back edge. Blade with arsenal marks for Matsushita Kinzoku KK Arsenal commonly known as ‘National Denki’. Unusually the blade is cut with two saw teeth to the edge which is very well done so possibly official. The blade measures 39 ½ cms, overall 53cms.
Good Japanese WW2 Army Officers Sword Katana, earlier blade, 66.9cms, mumei, 3 mekugi ana, blade cut with a single hi, blade cleaned bright over some light pitting, scratching and shallow edge chips, in shin gunto mounts dress knot in its iron scabbard with leather combat cover. Good condition.
Interesting WW2 Japanese Army Officers Sword Katana, blade 66.6cms, signed and dated on opposite sides of the nakago together with seki arsenal stamp, a further deep stamp, and 3 characters in red paint, pronounced gunome hamon, fair polish, surface with some minor wear and light pitting, in shin gunto mounts, in its wooden scabbard with leather combat cover. Good condition.
Scarce Transitional Pattern SS (Schutzstaffel) Enlisted Mans Dress Dagger by Carl Eickhorn Solingen, fine example with black ebony grip retaining the original eagle and enamel SS runes device. Plated mounts with some lifting. Housed in its original scabbard with plated mounts which show some spotting. Good condition double edged blade with motto “Meine Ehre heist Treue” in gothic lettering. Reverse side of the blade has the Eickhorn Solingen logo and also the RZM mark with 941/38 and SS runes. Some expected wear but generally a good example. SS mans daggers with the transitional blades having makers mark and RZM mark are very hard to find compared to that of the SA dagger.
Third Reich Sturmabteilung (S.A) Dress Dagger by Carl Eickhorn, Solingen, good untouched example with wooden grip having early copper based nickel silver eagle and enamel SA device inserted. Nickel silver mounts with patina. Reverse of the cross guard stamped ‘Ns’. Housed in early pattern anodised scabbard with nickel silver mounts, these again with nice patina. Mounted to the hanging ring is a brown leather two piece hanging strap. Double edged blade with motto ‘Alles fur Deutschland’. Reverse of the blade with makers trade mark. Some spotting to the blade and patina to the exterior fittings. Blade 22 ¼ cms, overall 38cms.
WW2 German 2nd Pattern Luftwaffe Officers Dress Dagger by WKC, Solingen, good example with deep orange celluloid grip retaining the original wire binding. Pommel with swastika to both sides. Cross guard in the form of eagle in flight. Attached to the grip is the original bullion dagger portepee. Housed in its original scabbard with two hanging rings. Plain double edged blade with makers trade mark to the base. The blade measures 25cms, overall 43cms.
WW2 Grouping of Stanley Warwick Ripley 16th (Gravesend) Battalion Kent Home Guard, consisting of a 1940 pattern battle dress blouse with its original size label to the interior. The interior has ink WD stamp with date letter ‘O’ for 1942. Insignia has been removed from the BD and has some moth damage. The removed insignia is present in the group along with some mint un-issued printed insignia. Accompanied by a folder of paperwork, photographs and newspaper cuttings relating to the service of Stanley Ripley, including his Defence medal and box addressed to him in 9 Bernard Street, Gravesend, Kent. Also with the grouping is his forage cap, gas mask in bag, webbing pack, waist belt, P-17 bayonet in scabbard and some other items.
EDWARDIAN ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS REGIMENTAL DIRK the fullered blade etched with Royal cipher to one side, and 5th V.B. ARGYLE 7 SUTHERLAND HIGHERS, over a keyed white metal mount to studded basket weave grip and citrine pommel, the leather scabbard with white metal mounts including Boar's head armorial over motto NE OBLIVIS CARIE and beast armorial over motto SANS PEURthe blade 30cm long, 48.5cm long including scabbard,
IMPERIAL GERMAN M1852 CAVALRY OFFICER'S SWORD 19TH CENTURY the fullered steel blade inscribed P.B.X. KRATON SOERAKARTA and YZERHOUWER, with further inscription and stamped mark, curved knucklebow and wirebound shagreen grip, with associated scabbardthe sword 97cm longCondition good to fair. Blade tip with small damage and slight misshaping. The rest of the blade with wear as per age and use. HiLt generally good, with similar wear. Scabbard too small, an addition, also with more notable wear. Additional images now available.The scabbard fits up to around 1.5cm above base of blade
WWII period German Third Reich period Naval Officer's sword, having 84cm slightly curved fullered single edged blade marked 'Eickhorn, Solingen', with gilded metal mount having lion's head with stone set eyes, acorn leaves and wire bound black grip. Together with silver braid pendant acorn and original black enamelled steel scabbard with single suspension ring and webbing strap. 102cm long approx. (B.P. 21% + VAT) The blade generally is in good condition, some minor tarnishing, but no serious losses. The mound is heavily worn with much loss to original gilding. The scabbard is heavily rusted and shows little of its original finish. No obvious dents, blade and scabbard appear straight. Scabbard is 89cm long approx. Pommel firm.
British Pattern 1887 Mk 4 Sword Bayonet, 'WD' with broad arrow and Enfield inspection marks to ricasso with crossed out 'EM' for Enfield Martini, '4994' stamped to crossguard, opposing arrow out of service stamp to pommel, held in leather scabbard with steel mounts, converted from first pattern 1886 Enfield Martini in 1891 (marked to ricasso), no non-British markings, (Part of the Philip Bowes collection)
British 1856 Pattern Yataghan Sword Bayonet by Charles Reeves & Co of Birmingham, single fullered steel Yataghan blade with maker stamped to ricasso, crossguard stamped with the number '366', leather grips, end of beak pommel stamped '610', tang spine stamped 'R.J.' and 'G.H.', held in leather scabbard with steel mounts, frog stud stamped with broad arrow
British No.7 Knife/Socket Bayonet, one side of the ricasso marked with a broad arrow and '78' the other side marked 'MK 1/7' and broad arrow, rotating pommel stamped with broad arrow and '/78', red tufnel grips, held in steel scabbard marked on the stud with a 'P' within a circle for the Poole Arsenal, (Part of the Philip Bowes collection)
Second World War British Second Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife, double edged blackened steel blade, brass chequered grip most of the black finishing now missing, crossguard stamped with broad arrow and 'B2' (believed manufactured by BSA), held in brown leather scabbard with flattened brass chape, scabbard has the belt loop cut off, this well used knife has the blade shortened to 14.6 cm
British Pattern 1903 Knife Bayonet, no markings to the blade, pommel stamped with 'B' over '229', and crossed out '221C', the letter 'S' stamped to both wooden grips, held in leather Mk II scabbard with integral frog, scabbard stamped with broad arrow over '03 and inspection mark, vendor states bought directly from the collector and author Anthony Carter, (Part of the Philip Bowes collection)
British Pattern 1879 Saw Backed Artillery Sword Bayonet, 64 cm straight steel fullered saw backed blade, marked to one side of the ricasso with a broad arrow over inverted 'GM', and Enfield inspection mark, Birmingham repair mark to the spine, '103' and Enfield inspection mark to pommel, held in leather scabbard with steel mounts, broad arrow stamped to teardrop stud, (Part of the Philip Bowes collection)
India Pattern Brown Bess Socket Bayonet by the maker John Gill of Birmingham, produced between 1795 and 1815 the India Pattern has a slightly bigger socket diameter then the standard Land Pattern Brown Bess bayonet and is heavier, makers name stamped to the triangular blade with an inspection mark of a crown over '8', scabbard absent, blade length 40 cm, (Part of the Philip Bowes collection)
British Pattern 1888 Mk 2 Knife Bayonet by Wilkinson of London, crown over 'ER' for Edward VII, makers name, and date 1 '02 to one side of ricasso, Wilkinson inspection mark to the other side and stamped on wooden grips, held in leather scabbard with steel mounts, (Part of the Philip Bowes collection)
German M1871 Sword Bayonet by the maker Alex Coppel, Solingen, maker stamped to one side of ricasso, Imperial crown over 'Erfurt' to the other side, dated '84' to spine, crossguard is stamped '32 R. R. 152' for the 32nd (2nd Thuringian) Reserve Infantry Regiment, part of IX Army Corps, the '152' is the bayonet rack number, scabbard absent, together with a German M98/05 Bayonet , unfortunately the handle/tang broken, scabbard absent, and a British Pattern 1876 Socket Bayonet, marked with broad arrow, date 11/84, and Enfield inspection mark, scabbard absent, (3)
East India Company Socket/Sword Bayonet, straight steel fullered blade, one side of the ricasso is marked '6' over '88' over 'J', the other side is marked 'K' over '4', socket is stamped '2' over '1856', socket rim has scratched line markings probably to associate the bayonet with a particular weapon, if the '1856' refers to the date then that would be very late for this type of bayonet the design of which dates from 1840/45, scabbard absent, vendor states purchased directly from the collector and author Anthony Carter, (Part of the Philip Bowes collection)
British No.4 Mk II Spike Bayonet held in a No.4 Mk I scabbard dated 1942, , together with a another No.4 Mk II Bayonet, a No.4 Mk II* Bayonet, a British No.9 Mk I Bayonet, '104' stamped to one side of socket and lightly engraved on blade, 'No9 Mk I' and 'D-52' to the other side, and a South African No9 Bayonet held in steel scabbard, (5)
Pattern 1908 Ross Bayonet Mk 2, blade stamped with War Department broad arrow and Enfield inspection mark, pommel marked 'Ross Rifle Co. Quebec, Patented 1907', held in Mk 1 leather scabbard marked 'R.R.C.' for Ross Rifle Company', the date 1911,and Canadian broad arrow, ithe integral frog has the number '4236' stamped at the back, and the letters 'S' or 'F' and 'L' scratched/carved at the front, possibly by the soldier, the Enfield inspection mark indicates that this was one of a number of Ross bayonets trialed, and rejected, by the British government together with the Ross Rifle, (Part of the Philip Bowes collection)
British Pattern 1856/58 Yataghan Sword Bayonet by the German maker Weyersberg,Kirschbaum & Cie, single fullered steel blade with makers logo to ricasso, no other markings, which would suggest that it was made in Germany for export, the main export market at this time being America the bayonet being used by both sides during the American Civil War, held in black leather scabbard with steel mounts
Pattern 1856 Drill Purpose (Cadet) Bayonet, officially converted and shortened from the 1856 Yataghan sword bayonet in 1886, manufactured by the German maker Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Cie, Solingen, makers logo to one side of ricasso with various date marks, Enfield inspection marks to the other side with 'WD' and broad arrow, '78' stamped to pommel, 'V & M' or 'N' stamped to tang, held in shortened leather scabbard with steel mounts, '72' stamped to locket rim, blade length 33 cm (Part of the Philip Bowes collection)
British Pattern No.5 Jungle Carbine Knife Bayonet made by the Wilkinson Sword Company, one side of ricasso stamped with 'X' bending mark, broad arrow, and inspection mark, the other side stamped 'W.S.C.' for the maker and 'S294', pommel stamped 'W 4908', held in steel scabbard, complete with webbing frog marked 'M.E.Co 1955', together with a steel scabbard for the No.5 Bayonet marked 'S294' held in a 1944 Pattern left basic pouch (1st Type) with bayonet loops, (3), (Part of the Philip Bowes collection)
Scarce Victorian Royal Navy Master at Arms Sword, single edged fullered steel blade etched with royal coat of arms surmounted by Queen Victoria Crown and crowned fouled anchor, gilt brass gothic hilt with crowned fouled anchor, hinged guard, wire bound fish skin grip, stepped pommel, scabbard absent
British L1A3 Knife Bayonet Type 2, manufactured by Enfield in 1967, differs from the Type 1 by not having the the indents in the crosspiece and shorter fullers, ricasso stamped 'E67', inspection marks on the pommel, NATO stores number on the grips, held in steel scabbard, vendor states purchased directly from the collector and author Anthony Carter, (Part of the Philip Bowes collection)
British Pattern 1876 Socket Bayonet for the .45 calibre Martini Henry Rifle, stamped to the triangular blade with the date '89, broad arrow over 'WD', Enfield inspection marks, and opposing arrow mark to show withdrawn from service, it also has Arabic characters showing service in the Middle East, probably Egypt, held in leather scabbard with brass mounts, broad arrow over 'WD' and Enfield inspection mark to locket, Broad arrow over 'WD' to chape, leather stamped with the number '1257', (Part of the Philip Bowes collection)
Pattern 1913 Sword Bayonet by the U.S. maker Remington, maker name and date 9 '17 to one side of ricasso, 'U.S.' to the other side, held in leather scabbard with steel mounts and teardrop frog stud, complete with 1939 Pattern leather frog as issued to the Home Guard, together with a second type scabbard for the U.S. M1917 Bayonet, many of which were issued to the Home Guard with Pattern 1913 Bayonets sent from the U.S., (2), (Part of the Philip Bowes collection)
British Pattern 1888 Mk I Type II knife bayonet by Wilkinson of London, crown over 'VR', various dates including 5 '99, and makers name to one side of ricasso, Wilkinson inspection mark to the other side and stasmped to wooden grips, '327' stamped to pommel, held in leather scabbard with steel mounts, vendor states bought directly from the collector and author Anthony Carter, (Part of the Philip Bowes collection)
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