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Lot 112
A RARE SLOTTED HILT NAVAL HANGER, CIRCA 1780 with 24 3/4 in. blade, brass hilt with two foul anchors incorporated, turned wooden handle bound in brass and etched `olive`-shaped pommel (blade rusted, two wires detached on hilt, lacking scabbard) - 31Iin. (80cm.) overall, Lit: Gilkerson, W: Boarders Away, Mowbray, USA, 1991, p.117; Comfort, S: Naval Swords & Dirks, Sim Comfort Associates, London, 2008, p.68.
Lot 115
The following two lots were owned by Sir Charles Napier (1786-1860). Napier went to sea at 13 and received his first command in 1808. Commanding the Thames in 1811, he inflicted great damage on the French in the Mediteranean. In the American war of 1812-14, he led the ascent of the Potomac and took part in the operations against Baltimore. Between 1831-33 he commanded the loyalist Portugese Fleet and defeated that of the pretender Maria Evaristo Miguel and restored Queen Maria II to the throne. Returning to the R.N., he fought in the war between Porte and Mehemet Ali, storming Sidon and defeating Ibrahim Pasha in Lebanon, attacked Acre, blockaded Alexandria and concluded a convention with Ali. He commanded the Baltic Fleet in the Crimea campaign, however the capture of Bomarsund did not meet expectations and he was superceded. Latterly he sat twice in Parliament, working for naval reform.AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY MIDSHIPMAN`S DIRK BY W.P. READ, PORTSMOUTH with 12 1/4 in. straight steel blade, tapering ivory handle with gilt brass fittings, terminating in a lion`s mask and contained within leather scabbard with gilt brass mounts with frog loops, the upper engraved W.P. Read Sword Cutler Portsmo. (tip of scabbard missing) - 16in. (40.5cm.) overall. W.P. Read operated out of several addresses in Portsmouth between 1781 and 1823 although there is another W.P. Read recorded who worked between 1775 and 1798.
Lot 116
AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY MIDSHIPMAN`S CURVED DIRK OR HANGAR with 11Iin. blade stamped indistinctly stamped Abraham .. ST Sollignen quillons with lion`s masks, wire-bound ivory grip with lion`s head pommel and chain link guard, contained within brass-mounted leather scabbard with frog loops (lacking tip) - 15in. (38cm.) overall; together with a regulation leather and brass belt stamped Dudley Portsmouth (2)
Lot 121
A WEIMAR REPUBLIC NAVAL OFFICER`S SWORD, C.1919-1933 with 31Iin. (80cm.) blade impressed with maker`s mark for `Bickhorn`, hinged obverse flap and thumb guard, ribbed grip and lion`s head pommel, contained within brass mounted leather scabbard - 38in. (96.5cm.) overall, Lit: May & Annis: Swords for Sea Service, HMSO, 1970, vol 1 p.153, vol 2 pt 111.
Lot 317
A late 19th/early 20th century court sword, by Buckmaster, New Burlington, London, with acid etched decoration of a crown and harp, length of blade 78cm, the gilt metal guard decorated with crown and garlands, copper grip and pommel in the form of a crown, complete with a gilt metal and leather scabbard (af).
Lot 318
A late 19th century court sword, possibly Mexican, the straight triform blade with acid etched decoration, length of blade 72cm, with cast brass guard depicting an eagle standing on cacti with an eagle in its mouth, brass pommel and mother of pearl grip, together with a leather and brass scabbard.
Lot 322
A late 19th century American ceremonial cruciform sword, possibly a society sword, by Schuyler Hartley Graham & Co of New York, the straight double-edged blade engraved with a crucifix, length of blade 70cm, brass crossguard with crucifix decoration with pommel of a helmet, the wooden grip with a white metal emblem of a crucifix, with brass scabbard.
Lot 334
A late 19th century sword stick, the blade marked "Solingen", length of blade 47cm, with wirebound bamboo grip, complete with wirebound bamboo scabbard, also another 19th century sword stick, with engraved blade, length of blade 45cm, with bamboo grip, with matching bamboo scabbard (af) (2).
Lot 345
A WWII Nazi Germany K98 walking-out bayonet, length of blade 20cm, with bakelite grip and chrome fittings (af), complete with painted metal scabbard and leather frog, also another K98 walking-out bayonet, the blade marked Epack & Sohne Solingen, length of blade 24cm, with bakelite grip and metal fitting, complete with painted metal scabbard and leather frog (2).
Lot 362
A late 18th/early 19th century German hunting knife, the blade inscribed in German with the reverse engraved with a man hunting a deer, tip of blade broken, length of blade 11cm, the grip in carved bone depicting deer, with white metal ferrule and pommel, complete with a decorative leather scabbard.
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