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Click here to subscribeA German (Heer) army officer's dress dagger, the double-edged stiletto-style blade marked Original, Eickhorn, Solingen, with amber-style grip, foliate oak leaf ornamental pommel and cross guard bearing eagle and swastika to one side, in pebbled metal scabbard with two foliate oak leaf bands and suspension rings, blade 25cm, 39.5cm overall.
A RUSSIAN NAVAL SWORD, 1855 PATTERN, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY the blade double-edged for the last third and terminating in a quill point, the gilt-brass hilt with downscrolled rear quillion and flat hexagonal langets, pommel and back-piece in one, with ribbed wire-bound wooden grip, the back edge of the blade engraved with lettering (Cyrillic?), the gilt-brass mounted black leather scabbard with gilt-brass locket, chape and suspension mounts, with two rings, (a/f). 87.5cm long, excluding scabbardSeveral black spots to the brass on the scabbard, the scabbard leather is dried and it has split into three, the sword is in good condition commensurate with age. Blade length 73cm, breadth 3.5cm
Palitoy, Action Man - A vintage Palitoy Eagle-Eye Action Man figure in Royal Engineers outfit. The blond flock haired, ''muscle' body figure with gripping hands in blue molded trunks, is marked ''© CPC Products Corporation 1978' to rear of torso and appears to be in Fair Plus condition having a detached head. The figure comes with Battledress jacket, trousers,boots, helmet, plastic webbing, water bottle, Lee Enfield rifle, scabbard, mine detector - uniform and accessories appear to range Good - Very Good. The figure is presented in an unassociated display box. (This does not constitute a guarantee)
Palitoy, Action Man - A vintage unboxed blonde flock haired Action Man figure in Scramble Pilot outfit with unboxed Survival set. The figure with hard hands and marked 'Made in England by Palitoy Under License From Hasbro © 1964' to rear appears to be in Very Good condition. Outfit includes zippered flight suit, life vest, pistol belt, holster, pistol, clip board, crash helmet with face mask and orange oxygen tube, dummy parachute and harness, map and map holder - Survival set equipment includes life raft, oar, sea anchor, flare gun, first aid kit, knife and scabbard. There are some slight stains to jumpsuit but overall outfit and accessories range Good - Excellent. (This does not constitute a guarantee)
Palitoy, Action Man - A boxed Palitoy Action Man SAS Parachute Attack outfit. Contents include jumpsuit, parachute harness, plastic webbing, parachute, parachute lines, oxygen control box, oxygen mask with two tubes, helmet, knife, water bottle, boots, M16 Rifle (black with plastic strap), SAS sticker - the scabbard and watch are missing. Contents appear to be in Excellent - Mint condition some mounted on original cardboard insert, majority contained in clear plastic bags, housed in a Fair Plus box with some fading and storage related wear. (This does not constitute a guarantee)
A U.S Leather .45 Calibre Cartridge Belt and Two Lariats, 19th Century, the belt being a barn find from Rochford, Wyoming, a woven grass lariat circa 1890, and a cotton covered lariat, circa 1920, an 1881 Model McKeever .30 Cartridge Box in brown leather marked with the U.S. symbol, issued through the Rock Island Arsenal 1909 to contain the 30/40 Krag Jorgensen rifle bullets, 6ins x 4ins, and a Martini Henry bayonet, 1889, 22ins bright steel blade, stamped crown over 27e, /89, stock issue No. 307, in brass and leather scabbard, 26ins overall
A German World War II Helmet, painted, with single decal, serial no. 066 and 373 to rear, leather inset, size 58, and a German 20th Century dress bayonet by C. Gustav Spitzer, Solingen, with scabbard, 15ins overall Note - You must be over 18 to purchase this lot. We are unable to post this lot.
George V Scottish sword with a fullered steel double-edged blade inscribed "Highland Infantry" with Royal Coat of Arms and thistle decoration, maker's mark "H W", numbered 49050, straight quillon with metal bound fish skin hilt and saltire pommel, in a leather and metal scabbard, blade L. 82.5cm. Provenance: A son of John Michie, (Head Forester to Queen Victoria and later Factor to King Edward VII), at the Balmoral Estate, thence by descent. Condition report:Pommel is solid, grip wires intact with slight defect where wire meets pommel, belt strap damaged
Japanese Wakizashi sword with single edged blade and sectional carved bone (possibly deer) scabbard and hilt, carved with warriors and other figures, with bronzed "tsuba" and collars decorated with chrysanthemums and symbols of the Tokugawa Shoganate. Blade 46cm, 82cm overall. (split to one bronze collar, tsuba loose, damage to bone at end of scabbard and hilt)
An Unusual Naval Officers Sword, by Eichorn of Germany, 29.5ins bright steel blade heavily engraved with nautical scenes, including that of a dreadnought battleship, bearing name to the hilt written in Greek, the brass guard with emblem for the Greek Navy, lions head pommel, rayskin wire bound grip, in brass and leather scabbard, scabbard engraved to Lt. H. Pilgrim, Marine Royale Hellenique, 36ins overall
A RARE AND COMPLETE SET OF FOUR JADE OPENWORK SWORD FITTINGS, WESTERN HAN DYNASTYChina, 206 BC to 8 AD.Comprising:1) A pommel (shou) of circular form, the domed center carved as a dragon, encircled by alternating taotie masks and archaic scroll,2) A sword guard (ge) carved with central taotie masks to each side, the nose extending to the pointed lower end, flanked by phoenixes and archaic scroll,3) A scabbard chape (bi) of trapezoidal form carved with sinuously coiled dragons,4) A scabbard slide (zhi) carved with a central bi disc flanked by two confronting dragons with tails terminating in phoenix heads.Provenance: From the private collection of Irene and Wolfgang Zacke (1942-2022). The couple has been active in the art trade for well over half a century and were one of the first in Austria to offer Asian works of art in their gallery, starting in 1968. Since the late 1980s, they have been collecting ancient Chinese jades, building an extensive and multiply published collection over the decades.Condition: Excellent condition, commensurate with age. Expected wear, alterations and weathering, minuscule nibbling and losses, soil and iron rust encrustations. The stone with natural inclusions and fissures, some of which have developed into small hairline cracks over time. Weight: 113.6 g (total) Dimensions: Length 14 cm (the scabbard slide), 7 cm (the scabbard chape), and 6.8 cm (the sword guard), Diameter 6.7 cm (the pommel)The translucent jades are of a fine, greenish-yellow tone with cloudy inclusions, and scattered black speckles. The distinct iron rust encrustation indicates that the jades were buried with a source of iron, doubtlessly the decomposed blade.Expert's note: Xi'an City was the capital of China during the Western Han (202 BC-8 AD) period. According to metallographic studies of iron swords excavated in this region, all known examples were found in a severely decomposed condition. Consequently, they presented a wide range of damage such as fractures, incompleteness, and thick layers of corrosion. Such corrosion leaves notable decaying marks on their corresponding jade fittings, which take centuries to develop into the russet 'spiderweb' crackle found on the present lot. These alteration marks are inimitable, not only because they leave behind irreversible scars on the jade itself, but also because their metallurgic composition is quite unique.In ancient China, there were two pathways known for soft iron making: One was the so-called “direct process” in which bloomery iron, with a low-carbon content, was smelted in a furnace and then directly used for smithing larger numbers of lower quality blades. The second, so-called “indirect process” was more complex: After smelting from a blast furnace, cast iron was decarburized through a liquid-state procedure called Chaogang. This produced still-malleable iron with a significantly higher carbon content of up to 1%, or - in other words - steel of the best possible quality for the manufacture of high-end blades. Needless to say, jade was used primarily for fittings of blades from this group, a sign of almost exuberant luxury, marking its owner as a person of nobility. Similar fittings were also found on bronze swords, but only the ones discovered near the remnants of iron blades are encrusted with distinct rust patterns such as the present lot.This exceptional set of sword fittings exemplifies the best jade carving of the early Western Han period. Note the extreme thinness of the jades in several areas, with some parts of the guard and the chape measuring an incredible 1 mm in thickness.Literature comparison: Compare a closely related set of sword fittings once belonging to the King of Nanyue, illustrated in Zhongguo Yuqi Quanji 4 - Qin, Han, Nanbeichao, Hebei, 1993, pp. 60-61, nos. 79-82. Compare four sword fittings from the Myers collection, dated to the Western Han period, published in Fillippo Salviati, Radiant Stones: Archaic Chinese Jades, 2004, Hong Kong, nos. 130-133.Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Christie's Hong Kong, 31 May 2017, lot 2711 Price: HKD 8,460,000 or approx. EUR 1,148,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: An important set of three jade 'chilong' sword fittings and a jade sword guard, Western Han dynasty Expert remark: Note the smaller size (the largest 8.8 cm)西漢罕見一套四件玉劍飾中國，公元前206年至公元8 年。一套四件 來源：Irene與 Wolfgang Zacke (1942-2022)。自1968 年起，這對夫婦活躍在藝術貿易界，並且是奧地利最早在其畫廊中提供亞洲藝術品的人之一。1980 年代後期，他們一直在收集中國古代玉器，幾十年來建立了極富多樣性的收藏。 品相：狀況極佳，有磨損、風化、磕損、缺損、土壤結殼與鏽斑。具有天然內沁和裂縫的玉料，隨著時間的推移，其中一些已經發展成細小的裂縫。 重量：總113.6克 尺寸：劍璏長 14 厘米，劍珌7 厘米，劍格6.8 厘米，劍首直徑 6.7 厘米 玉質細膩，有綠色、赭色斑，瑩潤有澤。玉石上明顯的鐵鏽斑。由於字數限制，完整中文敘述請至www.zacke.at查看。
Vintage Palitoy Action Man The Royal Marines Ceremonial dress outfit, on a good blond hair eagle eyes gripping hands doll, with plastic Identity tag, cap with badge, jacket, trousers, belt, SLR rifle, with elastic strap, bayonet, scabbard and leaflet, in good original condition, some oxidation to buttons, with original leaflet, some red felt tip graffiti to front cover.
A TRAY OF KNIVES,BAYONETS ETC, to include a Military Dress Bayonet highly chromed throughout, both scabbard and bayonet, a pair of short Daggers, with wooden scabbards, both blades marked India and the dagger stays in place with a friction locking plate attached to scabbard, an Indian made Kukri style knife, with leather and wooden scabbard with one smaller dagger enclosed in main scabbard, a Police style length Truncheon, but not Police issue, turned handgrip, not finished, two holes drilled for no apparent reason
TWO MILITARY SWORDS,20th/19th CENTURY, to include Geo V WW1 era Officer sword, straight blade, which is etched with Royal Cypher, maker being Sanderson Bros & Newbould of Sheffield, scabbard is missing most of its outer leather finish, and a1890 pattern Cavalry Sabre style sword, heavily rusted
A MODERN REPRODUCTION OF A MEDIEVAL SWORD, display only with sticker on blade marked Artesania, together with a 1917 Pattern US Forces Rifle bayonet in scabbard, fully marked, with leather frog marked Cliff Walsall 1940 and a small Webley sports starting pistol. 22 calibre, missing its magazine, this pistol is offered for the purposes of Historical Re-enactment or theatrical use in accordance with the provisions of the VCR Act 2006, and the purchaser must be 18 years old and over (3)
A GERMAN IMPERIAL COURT SWORD OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY, by the maker J.J.Runkel of Solingen, Germany, the blade is approximately 82 cm in length, with flat top blade bearing the maker marks, also hardly visible is stamped what appears to be 'D.Neff' on the Ricasso, Johan Justus Runkel was born in 1751, but around 1779 he left Germany for London, where he set up his Swords business, importing blades etc from Solingen. Runkel died in 1808, the blade on this sword has been etched with the Geo III Cypher(dating it to 1796-1801) and other Crown & Standard markings along each side of the top third of the blade, the Vendors Grandfather, Dr Ernest Charles BARNES who was a 2nd Lieut in the Royal Army Medical Corps in WW1, gave the sword to the vendor when he was a cgild. Barnes served with distinction in WW1 and with this lot are copied photos of Barnes in Uniform and on Horseback in France, the scabbard is of leather and metal trim design ,but wear and tear over the years has caused the metal tip to break away from the scabbard, but is present, an interesting sword worthy of further research
THREE MILITARY BAYONETS AS FOLLOWS, a 1907 pattern SMLE Rifle bayonet proof markings date stamped and complete with scabbard, a German WW1 Ersatz Bayonet by F.A.G., complete with scabbard and maker marks, a French M1866 or 'Rosalie' Rifle bayonet, Used by the French right up to the fall of France in 1940, but widely used during WW1, complete with scabbard and leather frog
A GERMAN 3RD REICH LUFTWAFFE OFFICRS DRESS DAGGER, complete with scabbard 'Portapee & Hangers', one clip missing its spring closure, overall the Dagger is in good condition and bears the makers mark SMF Solingen, (king seated), the wired grip is well coloured and only has a couple of minor cracks, Portapee is in good condition, with no rips or tears to braid, this lot also has A German WW2 period Sweetheart Swastika pendant, together with a ladies Swastika ring, these items have the provenance of being from a Lady, who lived in Norway, during the Nazi occupation during WW2 and was the mother of the Vendor, these items have been in the family since WW2
A MID TO LATE VICTORIAN STAFFORDSHIRE VOLUNTEER RIFLE COMPANY SWORD, the blade was made by the Reeves Company at their Toledo Works in Birmingham, they were Gun and sword makers throughout the 19th Century, the blade is etched but has no cartouche naming for Staffordshire Rifle Company etc, but does bear the Staffs knot on both sides of the blade, the crossguard has the Volunteer Rifle badge with bugle and the grip is wired Ray or shark skin, the Scabbard is present and generally both are in good condition for their age
A GERMAN 3RD REICH KRIEGSMARINE NAVAL DIVERS DAGGER, this dagger is fully marked with the KM Eagle and M impressed logo on the cylindrical scabbard, unusally the scabbard is round and the dagger screws into it for a watertight fit the guard of the dagger is also marked, a large wooden grip and belt hangar, rare and unusual item
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