JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912) STEEL KATANA SWORDThe steel blade, 66cm long, with pierced iron Tsuba, cord wrapped ray skin hilt with two dragon Menuki and parcel-gilt Kashira, with later leather WW2 leather scabbard, 93.5cm long overall; Together with a later Mariner’s sailcloth caseHanded to Major Alan Cooper of the East Kent Regiment, known as The Buffs, shortly after the surrender of the Japanese in World War Two, August 1945. The carrying bag was reputedly stitched by a crew member of the Landing Craft Tank that Major Cooper commanded. Condition report: The steel blade with various small nibbles to the edge and some oxidization. The hilt removable with no signature beneath. A leather collar probably concealing the Fuchi. Some minor spots of oxidization wear and rubbing overall. Leather scabbard dating from the World War Two. General light scuffs and scratches. The blade is approx 67cm long and the leather scabbard 70cm high.
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An Edward VII Royal Navy regulation pattern officer's dress sword by S W Silver & Co, Portsmouth: the straight single edge blade having acid etched decoration with foul anchor to one side and crown over 'ER' cipher to the other, gilt brass fold down half basket hilt decorated en suite, wire bound fish skin grip and lions head pommel with bullion loop, together in a gilt brass mounted black leather scabbard with double suspension rings and canvas travel cover, also a Royal Navy regulation pattern sword belt (2)
The black lacquered scabbard, saya, decorated with gilded floral and foliate mounts, two suspending loops, obi-tori, the solid tsuba with radial lines, the hilt, tsuka, covered in shagreen terminating in a gilded floral mount, kabuto-gane, wear commensurate with age, shagreen split, gilt loss 94 cm long PROVENANCE The Dr. and Mrs. D Davies Collection
The single-edged polished blade of traditional form and construction fitted to a leather and iron mounted hilt, tsuka, the gilt-highlighted oval tsuba decorated with a praying mantis and sprigs of seeding grass, the black lacquered scabbard, saya, decorated with iron-red and gilt ginkgo leaves, wear commensurate with age
SA German dagger, Alles Fur Deutschland A. Werth Solingen in scripted to blade, nickel silver cross guard, pommel nut original, hand grip & badges original & has relevant signs of age ware. Anodized scabbard with relevant signs of ware, eagle & roundel original to handle, all original condition. Blade length 22.5 cm Complete Dagger length 35 cm Scabbard Length 24.5 cm
A British 1895 pattern Infantry Officers sword, the 82.5cm blade etched with a crowned shield amidst foliage naming Cecil Conor within a scroll, marked to the forte Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London and numbered 34443 to the back edge, having a wire bound fish skin grip and chequered backstrap (lacking guard), housed in a leather covered scabbard, 99cm.Thought to be Lieutenant Colonel Cecil Conor Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment, see London Gazette Nov. 17, 1882.
An Imperial Austro-Hungarian Officers sword, having an 83cm curved fullered blade, etched with an Imperial crowned double eagle and stands of arms, marked to the forte W. Beck & Sch Wien with Solingen to the opposing side, having a pierced brass hilt with further crowned eagle and shield with wire bound fish skin grip and wire knot, housed in a brass mounted leather scabbard, 97cm.
A French model 1816 briquet short sword, the 60cm curved blade marked to the forte with a crown over R within an oval, having a ribbed brass grip, the stirrup knuckle bow further marked with a * over H cypher, stamped to the underside of the quillon V1837, housed in a brass mounted leather scabbard, 74cm.
A Prussian 1860 pattern Cavalry sword, having an 87cm curved steel blade with single fuller, the forte with kings head mark for Gebruder Weyersberg with a crown over D to the opposing side and crown over W to the back edge, regulation brass three bar hilt and wire bound leather grip, housed in a steel scabbard with two supension rings, 102cm.The sword does not fit all of the way into the scabbard, so may be associated.
A British 1827 pattern Rifle Officers sword, having an 83cm curved blade with single fuller, etched with a crowned VR cypher with bugle and Rifles to the opposing side, marked to the forte Herbert? & Co London, having a steel hilt with crowned bugle cypher with copper bound fish skin grip, housed in a steel mounted leather scabbard, 97cm.Scabbard missing upper section with break above the steel mount at the base and split along the sticthed seam. Maker/retailers mark to the forte very worn, blade good, slightly rounded at the tip but etching good, hilt good with no movement.
A US Army M3 trench knife, the 16.5cm steel blade stamped U.S. M3, further stamped to the crossguard, having a grooved leather mounted grip with steel pommel, housed in a M8AI scabbard, 31cm, together with a 3rd pattern Commando fighting knife, the crossguard stamped William Rodgers Sheffield England, in an associated US scabbard, a modern compass and a plated tankard inscribed J. Coleman 1944-48 Bombay, h.11.5cm. (4)
A George VI 1827 pattern Naval Officers sword, the 79cm straight fullered blade etched with a crowned GR VI cypher amongst entwined ropes and acorns with a crowned fouled anchor to the opposing side, marked to the forte Gieves, the Gothic gilt brass hilt with folding guard etched P.K. McPherson R.N., having a bound fish skin grip with lions head pommel and bullion thread sword knot, housed in a brass mounted leather scabbard, 93cm, together with two pairs of Lieutenant Commanders epaulettes and a pair of cuff sleeves.Probably Lieutenant Commander P.K. McPherson Royal Navy.
A Japanese Arisaka Bayonet Type 30, Variation B, the blued steel blade with marks for Hikari Seki Seisakusho Arsenal, the blued hilt with bird head pommel numbered 25618 and straight crossguard, with steel scabbard and rubberised canvas frog as issued to the navy.Good condition, frog is a little shabby at the edges.
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