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Lot 768
Third Reich Naval Officers Sword, comprising 780mm plain pipe backed blade with spear point, official issuant type with regulation brass hilt and folding guards, the underside of the quillon stamped with serial no. '0.836', housed in its engraved brass mounted leather scabbard, with initials 'WK' (Walther Kretzschmar) in shield and confirming no. '0.836' to scabbard locket, waffen-ampt stamping to chape, lion's head pommel, wire bound 'ivorine' grip, small patch of wear to leather of scabbard, otherwise very good condition, with original typed qualification and promotion certificates for Walther Kretzschmar's post-war pension entitlement and various photo-copied information relating to Operation Parabus against the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau (Kretschner was Chief Engineer on the Scharnhorst during the Operation) [Provenance traces back to direct purchase from the family]
Lot 769
Luftwaffe Officer's dagger, 2nd pattern, late war, with alloy grip fittings to solid white composition grip, maker's mark 'Paul Wayersberg & Co., Solingen' to blade, housed in alloy scabbard with single screw locket fitting, overall age discolouration and oxidisation and rust spots to blade, otherwise good condition
Lot 52
Inverness - a Scottish provincial sgian dubh by William B Taylor of Inverness, marked W.B.T, INVss, Edinburgh 1919-20, the carved wooden handle with intertwined Celtic knotwork and leaf detail, with pin cap with simple knot work border, the leather covered scabbard with Celtic knotwork mounts 17.5cm long
Lot 56
Inverness - a Scottish provincial sgian dubh by Arthur Medlock of Inverness, circa 1900, marked Medlock, INVss, the wooden handle carved with rope twist design and claw set paste to pommel, with studded detail, the tooled leather scabbard with scalloped mounts with engraved foliate details overall length 19.5cm
Lot 58
Inverness - a Scottish provincial sgian dubh by Ferguson & MacBean of Inverness, circa 1895, marked F&M, camel, INVS, the carved wooden handle with intricate rope twist design and studded detail, claw set smoky quartz to pommel, the leather scabbard mounted with simple engraved Celtic knot work designs overall length 19.5cm
Lot 62
Inverness - a Scottish provincial highland dirk by J Hodge of Inverness circa 1890, marked to bi knife J.HODGE, with basket weave carved handle with studded grip, claw set with circular cut citrine, the leather covered scabbard with applied mounts with pierced decoration and foliate engraved designs, the top mount with applied crest and motto for clan Fraser, the ensuite knife and two prong fork set and carved similarly 46cm long Notes: Virtually nothing is known about the Inverness maker J Hodge, no mention is given in the standard work on Inverness silversmiths 'Highland Gold & Silversmiths' by GP Moss and AD Roe. Such a firm attribution to this maker and location is only considered from a comparable dirk marked to the main blade HODGE INVERNESS.
Lot 272
A modern Highland dirk by Wilson & Sharp Ltd, Edinburgh 1927-1928, the basket weave carved black wood handle claw set with a circular cut citrine, the leather covered scabbard mounted with bi knife and fork of similar design, the scabbard mounts all with engraved and pierced Celtic knotwork with raised knot work bosses overall length 47cm
Lot 371
A late 18th century dirk the white metal mounts unmarked, the root wood handle carved with interlaced rope and Celtic knot work with studded detail, the pommel with simple pin top and urn finial, the leather scabbard set with similarly carved bi knife (the blade marked 'J MILn) and fork overall length 42cm long
Lot 373
A very rare early 19th century Scottish basket hilted boy's broad sword the steel basket of a form used in military swords supplied to highland regiments with distinctive wheel decoration on either side of the basket, the spiral wooden grip covered in ray skin and bound by a double twist of silver wire, the unsigned double edged blade with narrow central fuller and missing scabbard 64cm overall length
Lot 175
A GRENADIERS AND LIGHT INFANTRY SWORD BY WOOLLEY & DEAKINS 1800-1803 with curved blade one side engraved with Royal Coat of Arms, ‘Dieu et mon Droit’ and ‘Woolley & Deakin’, the other side with crown, initials and infantry soldier. ‘Warranted’, handle with G.R. and crown. 36 ins long in a steel scabbard. Note: The firm Wooley & Deakin were in Birmingham 1800-1803, a similar sword is in the National Maritime Museum, London.
Lot 161
A KUKRI WITH 13" BLADE AND WOODEN HILT; A CAUCASIAN DAGGER WITH 10" BLADE (RUSTED), ORIGINAL SCABBARD WITH SIDE RING; A PAPIER MACHE BACKED SHIELD OF EASTERN STYLE, THE FRONT DECORATED WITH ANIMALS, KUKRI AND CRESCENT MOONS, TOGETHER WITH AN ELABORATELY CARVED HORN WITH TURQUOISE INSETS. (3)
Lot 5
A FINE INDIAN KHANDA, LATE 18TH CENTURY AND LATER with broad flat blade swelling towards a rounded tip, the lower portion enclosed by a shaped pierced gilt steel plate, steel hilt of characteristic form, including a pair of pierced foliate langets extending over the forte, a pair of short quillons, a figure-of-eight shaped plate extending to form the knuckle-guard, attenuated cup-shaped pommel, decorated throughout with gold koftgari foliage, in its felt-covered wooden scabbard with pierced steel chape decorated en suite with the hilt (the hilt and scabbard 20th Century) 79.2cm; 31 1/4in
Lot 8
A FINE INDIAN PARTISAN, LATE 18TH CENTURY with broad tapering central blade formed with a central ridge and reinforced at the tip, chiselled with a lotus flower on each side at the base, faceted socket terminating with a serpent head engulfing the base of the blade, and fitted with a pair of strongly down-curved basal lugs, with tightly curling terminals formed as falcon-heads, possibly for cannon match, on a later wooden haft with its original shoe faceted en suite and with a fluted bulbous central moulding, and complete with a leather scabbard for the head with pierced brass chape 42cm; 16 1/2in head
Lot 9
**A TURKISH YATAGHAN, DATED ????, CIRCA 1850/1 with slightly curved single-edged blade cut with a very slender fuller along the back-edge, decorated with a gold-encrusted cartouche filled with a brief inscription on one side including the date, and scrollwork on the other, the forte enclosed with gilt silver beadwork and flowerheads extending to enclose the hilt, and fitted with a pair of horn grips rising to an eared pommel (chipped, incomplete), in its leather-covered wooden scabbard fitted with a loop fitting for a belt 58.5cm; 23in blade
Lot 15
AN INDIAN CHILANUM, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, TWO MALAYSIAN KRIS, AN ARAB POWDER-FLASK, A BRONZE AXE-HEAD, AND A HATCHET the first formed entirely of steel, with straight double-edged blade, steel hilt and moulded grip; the second and third of characteristic form, each in its scabbard, one faced with tortoiseshell; the fourth of flattened horn with sprung closure, decorated over its surface with brass studs, and complete with a steel suspension chain; the fifth cast in one piece, with axe-blade, wedge-shaped rear blade and tubular socket, and the hatchet with hooked blade and an additional flat spike at the back the first: 32cm; 12 1/2in (6)
Lot 17
**A FINE INDIAN JADE-HILTED JAMBIYA, LATE 19TH CENTURY with curved fullered double-edged blade of watered steel, chiselled forte decorated with gold koftgari foliage at the base, mottled green jade grip shaped for the fingers, carved with foliage and an expanded flowerhead on each side at the base and rising to a maned horsehead pommel set with rubies for the eyes and nostrils, (small chips), in its wooden scabbard encased in watered steel, drawn-out at the base to a stylised monsterhead, decorated on each side with gold koftgari foliage at the borders, in the centre with a panel of pseudo script and with jade locket carved with a lotus flower on each side, complete with its suspension chain: in its paper-covered padded case (hook catches missing) 38.7cm; 15 1/4in
Lot 19
**A FINE INDIAN SWORD, LATE 19TH CENTURY with broad curved blade formed with a double-edged point and inset with the so-called 'tears of Allah' along the back-edge, chiselled over almost its entire length with exotic beasts in combat including fighting elephants, stags, tigers, a boar pursued by a mounted hunter and a pair of stag being shot by an archer, gilt-brass hilt formed as a rabbit being engulfed by a tiger, the eyes set with a red paste (the other replaced), a pair of long langets and short mushroom-shaped quillons, chiselled over its full surface with scrolling foliage, in its original wooden scabbard covered with green velvet (areas of wear), and with large gilt-brass mounts pierced with scrolling foliage and flowerheads 78.3cm; 30 7/8in blade
Lot 21
**DOUBLE DAGGER AN INDIAN DAGGER, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY with single-edged blade decorated with a gold-inlaid cartouche, iron hilt comprising a pair of langets, the pommel formed as an elephant's head extending to form the knuckle-guard, decorated over its surface with silver scrolling foliage, in its velvet-covered wooden scabbard with iron chape decorated en suite, and large finely pierced silver locket 45.5cm; 18in
Lot 22
**AN INDIAN KHANJAR WITH PUDDINGSTONE HILT, 19TH CENTURY AND AN INDIAN KHANJAR the first with slightly recurved flattened blade (the tip with a small chip), variegated puddingstone grip carved with petals at the base and a horsehead pommel (restorations and repairs); and the second with fullered blade and figured jade grip incorporating a horsehead pommel (chipped), in a wooden scabbard the first: 28cm; 11in (2)
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