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Click here to subscribeSwiss M1918 pattern double edged knife bayonet for use on the 7.5 mm Schmidt-Rubin M1911 carbine and M1931 Short Rifle, marked 'Elsener Schwyz' to the ricasso, serial number 929447 stamped to crossguard, held in steel scabbard with leather frog securing strap, this example was made by Victorinox AG in the 1934–1949 period, Victorinox was located in Schwyz Canton, this example was made prior to 1950, when "Victoria" was added to the ricasso
First World War French 1886 pattern Lebel bayonet, serial number L 23369, steel scabbard number illegible,, complete with leather frog, originally made with a nickel handle and hooked quillon, around 1916 these bayonets were made with a brass handle as an economy measure and without the quillon
First World War French 1886 pattern Lebel Epee Bayonet , originally made with an alloy grip, after 1916 the 1886 bayonet was made, like this example, with brass grips as an economy measure, stamped with 'S' in circle and 'T' in circle on cruciform blade ricasso, held in black painted steel scabbard
French Second Empire period 1866 Pattern Chassepot Bayonet made at the Impériale de Tulle Arsenal, maker mark and date January 1868 marked to spine, the left side of the ricasso is stamped with a balloon which is the mark of the German manufacturer Gustav Felix, supposed to have provided blades for Tulle between 1867 and 1869, unusual marking on the crossguard, in place of the usually seen serial number with prefix letter is '74.L.I.1. 232', possibly regimental marking?, held in steel scabbard stamped with serial number G18559
British Pattern 1895 Socket Bayonet, for use on the .303 caliber M1895 Martini-Enfield rifle, the Pattern 1895 bayonets were altered Pattern 1876 bayonets, originally made for the caliber .577–450 Martini-Henry rifle, WD over broad arrow stamped to ricasso with date which is illegible, also stamps in Arabic to the other sides of the ricasso suggesting service in Egypt, scabbard absent, blade length 54.8 cm
Argentinian M1891 Sword Bayonet by the German maker Weyersberg Kirschbaum & Co Solingen, steel single fullered blade marked on one side of ricasso with makers name, 'Modelo Argentino 1891' in arc but rubbed, with serial number F5803 stamped to the other side, aluminium alloy grips, held in steel scabbard
Scarce unit marked British 1903 Pattern bayonet by Mole, steel blade stamped on one side of ricasso with maker name, broad arrow and Birmingham proof mark, on the other with date 3 '05 and Imperial crown over E.R. ( Edward VII), pommel stamped with 'M' for militia and 'R.J.A.' for the Royal Jersey Artillery, held in leather scabbard with steel mountings, the Militia in Jersey came under the Army Act in 1905 and at this time it consisted of the Royal Jersey Artillery with two field batteries and two garrison companies, a Corps of Militia Engineers, a Militia Medical Company and three battalions of Light Infantry
First World War Mk I Gurkha Kukri, curved, single fullered steel blade, steel bolster, solid walnut handle held in place by sunken slotted nut, blade marked 'Co, I broad arrow C above 15' for the Cossipore Armoury and dated 1915, held in leather covered wooden scabbard with brass chape, blade length 34 cm,
Victorian 1827 pattern Rifle Officers sword, blade etched with crowned strung bugle with possibly ' Lancashire' above and 'Volunteer Rifles' below, proof mark to one side of ricasso with maker on other side, appears to be ' M Verity, Mosely St. Manchester' shagreen grip bound with wire, held in steel scabbard with two rings
Victorian 1827 pattern Rifle Officers sword, blade etched 'XVIII Lincolnshire Rifle Volunteers', proof mark to one side of the ricasso, maker mark of an armoured arm holding a wreathed baton within a cartouche on the other side, shagreen grip bound with wire, held in steel scabbard with two carrying rings
First World War period Imperial Russian Cossack Officers Shashka, double fullered steel blade engraved to one side with the royal Cypher of Tsar Nicholas II and a floral motif, to the other side is engraved a plaque with a legend in Cyrillic part of which reads 'Osman' and a similar floral motif, there is also a later stamp over the engraving, possibly Soviet era, polished horn grips, held in a leather covered wooden scabbard with ornate silver fittings and chape, these are stamped with the Russian hallmark '84' for 84 Zolotniki or .875 silver, they are also stamped with the Cyrillic letters 'AK' in a cartouche which is believed to be for Aleksandr Karpov who worked out of St. Petersburg between 1898-1908
French Model 1831 Foot Artillery Sword, made at the Talibot (Thiebaut) Arsenal, Paris, double sided steel blade with maker stamped to one side of ricasso,with date 1832, poincons (inspection mark) of a 'B' within a circle which is believed to be for the Chatellerault Arsenal, and a 'P' with crossed swords, to the other side, brass handle with rack number 1086 stamped to one side of crossguard and 'N' within a circle on the other, star stamped on underside of crossguard, held in a black leather scabbard with brass fittings, overall length 63 cm
1980s U.S. Gerber Guardian II Fighting Knife, double edged blackened steel blade, maker mark to one side of ricasso with serial number 634018 to the other side, camouflaged handle and web scabbard, records of the number sequence on this type of knife weren't kept but the model with camouflage handle and blackened blade was produced between 1983 - 1987, private purchase, used extensively by the U.S.Army
Second World War variant Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife, steel blade, broad oval shaped wooden handle, held in leather scabbard with snap retention strap, there are various theories regarding this type of knife, made for use in tropical climates or for pilots/Airborne troops to save weight, but the most likely explanation is that they were made up when one or more cutlers ran out of handles and were using up blades and crossguards, a nice wartime knife, blade length 17.5 cm (re: Ron Flook, The Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting knife and other Commando Knives, plate 155)
A 1908 PATTERN TROOPERS CAVALRY SWORD AND SCABBARD. With an 89cm straight tapering fullered blade with thrusting type point, marked P08 to the back and with Enfield inspection marks to both sides and date marks for December 1914. With a broad sheet steel guard with reinforced edge and rounded pommel, with a composition grip with checkered surface. With a black painted steel scabbard with twin ring suspension and stamped marks including a date mark for 1915, 102cm overall.
AN 1827 PATTERN RIFLE OFFICERS SWORD AND SCABBARD. With an 82cm slightly curved fullered blade with etched decoration of a crown, crossed flags and slung bugle, the guard with similar slung bugle, wire bound grip and stepped oval pommel, with steel scabbard with twin ring suspension. 100cm overall.
AN 1822 PATTERN INFANTRY OFFICERS SWORD AND SCABBARD. With an 82cm long unmarked slightly curved pipe backed blade with spear point, with a gilt brass guard with Crowned George IV monogramme in an oval, with folding edge, stepped oval pommel, fish skin grip with wire binding, the steel scabbard with twin mounting rings.
THREE SIMILAR FRENCH SWORD BAYONETS AND SCABBARDS. A French bayonet, with a 52.5cm pointed blade, the back marked St Etienne 1877, numbered 87711, the scabbard similarly numbered 87711, 66cm overall. A similar bayonet and scabbard similarly marked and 94155 the scabbard with obscured number, and a third with a 57.5cm serpentine blade dated 1867, the cross bar numbered 2715 71cm overall (3)
AN 1885 PATTERN TROOPERS CAVALRY SWORD AND SCABBARD. With an 87cm curved pointed and fullered blade with numerous stamped marks including WD beneath an arrow, 5/88 and various inspection marks, the sword marked for Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Co Solingen. The steel guard with turned over edges and 'Maltese Cross' piercing, with black leather grips held in place with five rivets. With a steel scabbard with twin suspension rings and mrks conforming to the blade,
AN OMANI SILVER MOUNTED KHANJAR AND BELT. The dagger with a 16cm curved centrally ribbed blade on a silver mounted horn handle, the scabbard with similar foliate metal mounts and bound 'silver' wire decoration, on an elaborate woven fabric belt with decorative bound wire and ring mounts. Provenance: purchased by the owner's father in Muscat when serving in the Arabian Gulf.
A 1796 PATTERN CAVALRY OFFICERS SWORD AND SCABBARD. With an 83cm curved and fullered blade, with a flat back and sharpened blade, unmarked, the brass hilt with pointed langets and forward swept quillon, with stirrup guard with slot for a sword knot, the backstrap and pommel in a single rounded form, the grips in checkered ivory. With a brass mounted leather scabbard with twin ring suspension and frog button, 99cm overall. Perhaps a sword for a Yeomanry Regiment.
A JAPANESE SHORT SWORD IN LACQUERED SCABBARD. With a 47.5cm single edged blade, the Tsuba with scrolling stylized birds heads, the fabric wrapped shagreen handle with gilt highlighted mounts, the black lacquer scabbard decorated with five circulkar 'mon' type details, 68cm overall, the blade probably remounted and has not been removed from the handle.
A VICTORIAN 1848 PATTERN CAVALRY TROOPERS SWORD BY WILKINSON. With a 90cm blade with fine decoration, Royal Crown and monogram above initials A.M. beneath a heraldic lion, possibly for the owner, the sword marked 'Henry Wilkinson Pall Mall, London' numbered 9836, with an open honeysuckle style hilt, wire-bound handle and oval cross hatched pommel. In a heavy scabbard with twin ring suspension, 107cm overall. The number suggests a date of 1859. *It has been suggested that this is in fact an 1821/45 Pattern Heavy Cavalry Officers Sword.
A 1796 PATTERN CAVALRY TROOPERS SWORD AND SCABBARD. With an 83cm sabre type blade with sharpened edge and full fullers, the back marked 'Woolley & Deakin, Improv'd Steel . With a steel 'stirrup' type hand guard with quillon and langets, the guard broken and the sword knot slot, with a steel backstrap with rounded oval pommel, wooden grips. With a steel scabbard with twin suspension rings, 97cm overall. Woolley & Deakin traded at Edmund Street Birmingham between 100 and 1803. *It has been suggested that this may be a private purchase item for a yeomanry rather than a standard troopers sword.
AN 1822 PATTERN INFANTRY OFFICERS SWORD BY PROSSER OF LONDON. With an 82cm pipebacked blade with spear point, etched with Queen's Crown and VR to both sides and 'Prosser to the Royal Family, London/Charing Cross'. The gilt brass guard with VR monogram in an oval, a forward swept quillon and hinged folding edge, fish skin with seven bands of twisted wire, the back strap cast in a single piece with oval stepped pommel, numbered 2752 to the inside of the guard. The brass mounted leather scabbard marked 'Prosser to the Royal Family, Charing Cross London' with decorative frog lug and twin ring suspension, one on a sliding mount. 97cm overall
AN 1821 PATTERN ROYAL ARTILLERY OFFICERS SWORD BY ALFRED PILLIN. with an 88cm straight blade with pointed end and no fullers, etched with a flaming grenade and cannon the other side with Royal Artillery flash marks, the lower part of the blade with previous owners initials and crest, the blade with inset brass proof mark marked for Alfred Pillin, Gerrard St. Soho London who traded between 1862-1880. With a three bar guard, stepped oval pommel and fish skin grip. In a steel scabbard with twin ring suspension, 104cm overall.
A DRESS-WEIGHT 1805 PATTERN WARRANT OFFICERS' SWORD. With a 68.5cm single edged pointed blade with etched scrolling decoration, with a fish skin wire wound grip and plain pommel with grooved base, the langets decorated with fouled anchors, the leather scabbard with twin ring suspension, engraved 'Read Sword Cutler Portsmouth' 84cm overall.
AN 1822/1845 PATTERN INFANTRY OFFICERS SWORD BY MILLAN AND SON. With an 82cm slightly curved fullered and pointed blade etched with a Royal Crown and VR monogram amongst scrolling decoration, the blade marked for Millan and Son, 32 George St, Edinburgh. The brass guard with VR cypher amongst flowers within an oval, with folding rear section, with wire bound fish skin grip. The steel scabbard with twin ring suspension, 99cm overall.
A 'JADE' HILTED DAGGER AND SCABBARD. With a 26cm tapering double edged blade with central rib and sharpened edges, the hilt of waisted form with carved repeated leaf decoration in a fabric covered scabbard with decorative terminal, possibly Indian 45cm overall. Provenance; With the uniforms of Major A.P. McNeile of the 1st Dragoons.
A LATE VICTORIAN SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS CROSS-HILTED BROADSWORD AND SCABBARD. With an 84cm tapering pointed blade with partial central fuller, profusely etched with a crown above 'Seaforth Highlanders Ross Shire B F S', amongst seventeen thistles and foliage, the other side with VR monogram and prince of Wales feathers, the blade marked for Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall and numbered 33204 to the back suggesting a date of 1895. With a straight cross bar and fish skin bound handle and domed pommel and pierced nut. With a leather covered scabbard with steel mount with ball finial, 100cm overall.
A WILKINSON 1821/22 PATTERN LIGHT CAVALRY OFFICER'S SWORD. With an 86cm pointed decorated blade with partial fuller and pipe back marked Henry Wilkinson Pall Mall and numbered 54770 suggesting a date of 1914/17. With a three bar hilt, shagreen handle and oval stepped pommel. In service scabbard, 105cm overall.
A VICTORIAN SWORD AND SCABBARD. The sword with a 60cm curved fullered flat backed blade with pointed end, double edged to the last 22cm with a shagreen covered grip (partially remaining) within a single bow guard with stepped oval pommel and quillon, with push button scabbard release, Marked HC 151. The leather scabbard with brass mounts, 75cm overall. With a French bayonet lacking scabbard.
A GEORGE V 1897 INFANTRY OFFICERS SWORD. An 1897 Pattern sword by James Deakin and Sons, Sheffield, with an 83cm pointed blade with etched George V crest surrounded by scrolling ornament, with a three quarter basket hilt with turned down edge and shagreen handle. With service scabbard, 100cm overall.
A MOUNTAIN ARTILLERY OFFICERS SWORD AND MARK II SCABBARD. With a 78cm sabre type curved, pointed and fullered blade with sharpened edge, date stamped for August 1915, further stamped with Enfield inspection marks, with a nickel plated three bar guard and quillon, oval pommel with rounded steel nut, the grip bound in fish skin with wire bindings, three horizontal saw marks to the back strap. With a heavy duty brown leather scabbard with brass mounts with similar Enfield inspection marks and oval frog button. 93cm overall.
A 1798 PATTERN OFFICERS HIGHLAND BASKET HILTED BROADSWORD. With an 81cm pointed, double sided and partially fullered broadsword blade, with a basket hand guard with traces of original gilt finish and buck skin liner, with wire wound leather grip and bun pommel. With a leather scabbard with three gilt metal mounts, the top mount engraved 'Davies, Sword Cutler & Belt maker to his majesty, St James's St.' 100cm overall.
AN 1828 PATTERN ARGYLE AND SUTHERLAND OFFICERS BASKET HILTED BROADSWORD. A Highland Infantry Officers sword with an 84cm straight tapering double edged and pointed blade with double fullers etched with Edward VII monogram and crown, Boars head with motto 'Neobluscaris', the sword marked for Brook & Son, 87 George St. Edinburgh, numbered 104750 to the back. The nickel plated basket guard lined in red with a prominent tassel, with a ribbed domed pommel with capstan shaped nut, the grip fish skin with spiral wound wire. The nickel plated scabbard with twin suspension rings and round terminal. 104cm overall.
A GEORGE V SWORD AND SCABBARD, POSSIBLY ROYAL ARTILLERY OFFICERS. With an 89cm straight pointed and fullered blade with George V monogram and crown and elaborate interlacing foliate decoration, the blade by R.F. Mosley & Co.Limited, Manufacturers, Sheffield, marked 'Proved' tothe other side. With a three bar type nickel plated guard and domed pommel with round steel securing nut, fish skin grips with wire bindings, with a leather sword knot. In a leather service scabbard, 108cm overall.
AN 1803 REGULATION LIGHT COMPANY INFANTRY SABRE AND SCABBARD. With an 82cm curved partially fullered blade with a pointed end by Runckle of Solingen. Partially blued and gilt with Royal coat of arms, crown and GR cypher, marked Runckle, Solingen to the back. The nuckle bow with a slung bugle above crown and GR cypher, with wire bound leather grip and lion's head pommel, the leather and gilt scabbard with impressed decoration, the top mount engraved 'Bennett 67 Royal Exchange'. 99cm overall.
TWO SECOND WORLD WAR S84/98 BAYONETS ONE WITH SS MARKINGS. A German S84/98 bayonet for use with the Karabiner 98k rifle, with a 25.5cm pointed and fullered blade stamped 3784 and 'J.Sch', the scabbard similarly numbered, 40cm overall, and a similar bayonet and scabbard with etched blade '33 SS Kavallerie - Charlemagne' and Meine Fhre heikt Treue', with bakelite grip, engraving possibly later. (2)
A 19TH CENTURY MALAYAN KRIS TYPE KNIFE AND ANOTHER. A Kris with a 35cm wavy edged tapering blade, the grip in the form of a carved wooden bird and man type figure, 42cm long and a horn handled steel bladed knife in leather scabbard, 28cm overall. (2) Provenance: With the uniforms of Major A.P. McNeil of the 1st Dragoons.
A 1912 PATTERN NAMED WEST SOMERSET YEOMANRY SWORD BY WILKINSON OF PALL MALL. A 1912 Pattern cavalry officers sword with a slender 89cm straight pointed fullered blade, decoratively etched with Royal Crown and monogram, the blade named to 'E.A. Hutchings West Somerset Yeo.ry' marked for Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London, the back 'London Made' and numbered 50886 suggesting a date of 1914-17, with a brass proof mark of the type put on 'best swords' from 1905 onwards. With a large broad plated hand guard with elaborate engraved decoration, the pommel of decorative oval stepped design, the grip with wire bound fish skin, with part leather sword knot. In a leather service scabbard, 112cm overall.
A LATE 18TH CENTURY 'COFFIN POMMEL' SABRE. With an 83cm curved blade with broad fuller and Turkish inspired engraving of dragons, crescent moon and trophies, with a checkered rectangular section ivory grip, large diamond shaped langets engraved with military trophies, with flat topped 'coffin' pommel, in a steel scabbard with leather and velvet sections and twin ring suspension, the top mount engraved 'Prosser late Cullim Sword cutler& belt maker to the King H.R.H. Duke of York, Charring Cross London' and with owners initials and date 'P.M. 1798'. 99cm overall.
AN 1821 HEAVY CAVALRY OFFICERS SWORD (1821-1887). With a 92cm straight pointed blade with partial fuller, etched with VR monogram beneath a crown and amongst finely decorated foliage, the blade marked for Hawkes Mostley & Co, London, Manufacturers to the Queen, stamped 'Proved' to the back. With a 'Honeysuckle' design steel guard, oval stepped pommel and fish skin covered wire bound grip with seven bindings. In a steel scabbard with twin ring suspension, 109cm overall. Hawkes Mostley and Co traded at this address between 1821 and 1852.
A LATE 18TH CENTURY COURT SWORD. A Court sword with a 82cm three edged blade with engraved foliage and military trophies, with an oval bright steel hand guard with pierced decoration, the handle and bow with cut-steel 'jewel' decoration, with steel mounted leather scabbard with twin ring suspension. 99.5cm overall.
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