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AN AMERICAN CIVIL WAR PRESENTATION SWORD TO LIEUTENANT JOSEPH GILMOUR 2ND COMPANY 18TH REGIMENT PV 30-inch blade, white metal handle, by W H Horstmann of Philadelphia, the shark skin scabbard with white metal attachments. The plaque on the scabbard engraved - Capt Jos Gilmour by members of Co II 18th Regt PV 1862. The sword belonged to Joseph Gilmour, who formed the 18th Regiment of Cavalry at Titusville, Crawford County, Pa., in September 1862. Gilmour was promoted to Major on November 28th 1862; however, he had a short and unsuccessful war. On March 1st 1863, he led 200 men on a westward reconnaissance operations towards Aldie, Virginia. He failed to follow his orders for the operation and mistook men of the 1st Vermont Cavalry for enemy soldiers. He turned and fled at full speed from the friendly forces; for his actions, he was court-martialed. It is unclear if he took any further part in the war.
Two military bayonettes, the first probably Australian, early-mid 20th century, stamped with a Star and 90 within a shield, stamped Lithgow, with wooden handle and leather and metal scabbard, 43 cm long (the blade), and a German Waffenfabrik Mauser A.G. Oberndorf bayonet, stamped 2 to hilt and W 8 to top of blade, with wooden handle and metal scabbard, the blade 23.5 cm long (the blade) (2)
An original 20th century post-WWII Second World War RAF Royal Air Force issued Mk.III Survival knife. Gripped plastic handle, with locking mechanism to the top for securing to scabbard, leading to a short blade, etched with reference AM 22C/1996 along with a WWII knife stamped with 1943 and broad arrow mark ( A/F)
18TH/19TH CENTURY DAGGER,possibly Irish, the tapered blade to white metal cross guard engraved initial 'L' beneath coronet, with carved ivory grip and white metal pommel, the white metal mounted leather scabbard inscribed 'J Read College Green Dublin' to base, 30.8cm longCondition report: Nibbles and pitting to blade, scratches and nicks to hilt section, natural hairlines to grip, tip of scabbard split, dents to metal mounts of scabbard
TWO NEPALESE KUKRI,of typical form, both blades unmarked, one with scabbard housing two karda, single chakmak, a small blade, a small serrated blade and a button hookCondition report: Additional images now available; for postage please visit mctears.co.uk/shipping for our recommended couriers
VICTORIAN SCOTTISH OFFICER'S DRESS SWORD,by E. Thurkle of Soho, London, the double fullered steel blade etched with scrolls, thistles, royal cypher and maker's name, over a cross-guard and wirework shagreen grip, domed pommel, with leather covered scabbard, 101cm long, along with a Glasgow Highlanders swagger stick (2)
A cloisonné-enamel koshira-e (mounting) with naginata-naoshi wakizashi (spear reforged into a short sword)The cloisonné-enamel mounts: Meiji era (1868-1912), the blade by Taira Shizukata/Shigemasa, Muromachi period (1333-1573), 16th centuryIn the form of a small cut-down naginata blade; the scabbard and hilt worked in silver wire with a white three-clawed dragon writhing among aventurine-flecked kiri-mon (paulownia crests) and aoi-mon (hollyhock crests) on a pale-aubergine ground, the top with a mythological creature; the cloisonné-enamel habaki decorated with twisting red three-clawed dragons on a goldenrod ground; the blade of naginata-naoshi form, gunome-ha, itame-hada, kaeri-fukashi boshi, each side carved with stylised kurikara and soe-hi, the tang suriage-nakago with two overlapping mekugi-ana and kiri-yasuri file marks, signed [...] junin seisho [...] Taira Shizukata/Shigemasa; with a silk embroidered storage bag. Total length: 65cm (25½in) long; the blade: 41.1cm (16 3/16in) long. (2).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A mounted Koto wakizashi (short sword)The blade by Kanemoto, Muromachi (1333-1573) or Momoyama (1573-1615) period, 16th century; the mounts: Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe blade of shinogi-zukuri form with torii-zori, chu-gissaki, and mitsu-mune, sanbon-sugi ha of nioi, mokume-hada, midare-komi boshi, the ubu-nakago with one mekugi-ana and higaki file marks, signed Kanemoto; koshira-e (mounts): the saya (scabbard) of roiro lacquer; the shakudo tsuba (sword guard) carved, pierced and inlaid with a village scene by a winding stream; the Mino-Goto kozuka shakudo nanako ('fish-roe' dot pattern), with a man and boy seated in a pavilion admiring chrysanthemums growing by a stream, with rich gilt details; the shakudo fuchi-gashira (matching hilt collar and pommel) carved and inlaid with a nobleman, probably Yoshitsune, playing the flute and his running horse, signed Kusano Hirotsugu tsukuru, with shakudo and gilt-metal menuki (paired hilt ornaments) of flower arrangements; with storage bag, Token Society of Great Britain blade certificate and NTHK certificate for the mounts. Overall: 69.5cm (27 3/8in) long; the blade: 49cm (195/16in) long. (4).Footnotes:The artist of this wakizashi is probably not the famed Magoroku Kanemoto (active ca. 1530-1580).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A cloisonné-enamel koshira-e (mounting) with tanto (dagger)The cloisonné-enamel mounts: Meiji era (1868-1912), the blade: Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe scabbard and hilt worked throughout in silver wire, and decorated with overlapping assorted crests and chrysanthemum blossoms floating on stylised rippled water, the tsuka (hilt) with other repeated stylised foliate crests on a ground of karakusa ('Chinese grasses'), the sides with a band of repeated geometric and hanabishi (flowery-diamond) motifs on a yellow ground, fitted with plain silver mounts, the blade of hira-zukuri form, with bo-hi to either side, indistinct ha, vague itame-hada; unsigned. Overall: 39.2cm (15 3/8in); the blade: 23.7cm (9 5/16in).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
THE LORD OF THE RINGS; a polystone figure of Gandalf with Shadowfax, Sideshow Weta Collectibles, height 51cm (af). CONDITION REPORT The figure has some signs of age, such as yellowing to the white clothing. The sword and scabbard tip have come off the figure and will need to be reglued. The box is in good condition, with original postage box.

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