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Lot 3480
A George V 1897 pattern Royal Marines officer's sword, 82cm straight fullered blade etched with crowned GRV cypher, regiment and battle honours, initialled EB and numbered to spine M7997, pierced and engraved guard, wire-bound shagreen grip, plated scabbard, 104cm long overall, leather and gilt braid grog and hanger
Lot 3489
A Third Reich Nazi German SA dagger, by Tiger, Solingen, the 22.25cm pointed double-edged blade etched Alles fur Deutschland, wooden grip with inset Reichsadler and swastika, and Sturmabteilung insignia, patinated scabbard, 37.5cm long overall, leather hanger; a Third Reich Nazi German NSDAP pennant, 160cm long, c.1933-45 (2)Provenance: Brought back to England by Trooper G Whitworth 14390927 15th Scottish Reconnaissance Regiment Royal Armoured Corps. Whitworth sailed to France on 28/06/1944 and returned to England on 28/02/1945. The regiment ended up in the Nijmegen area having spent most of the winter in the Netherlands.
Lot 3490
An 1803 pattern officer's sword, 68.5cm curved blade with traces of blue and gilt, etched with crowned GR cypher, royal coat of arms and triumphal regalia, the gilt brass hilt with further cypher to knuckle guard, lion head pommel, wire-bound shagreen grip, brass mounted leather scabbard, 84cm long overall
Lot 590
An 18th Century Scottish dirk scabbard, of brown hide bearing tooled linear decoration, the brass locket, chape and bands bearing conforming decoration, carrying a by-knife and fork, their handles carved overall with Celtic interlaced decoration and set with brass pins, the knife blade bearing a partly-struck name, 31 cm
Lot 604
A fine 18th Century English hunting sword, having a white metal hilt with ivory grip scales and knuckle chains, the scales secured by rivets with flamboyant flowerhead washers, the cross guard of planar form with scroll terminals, the curved blade having a broad fuller and retaining traces of etched or engraved decoration, in a shagreen-covered scabbard with white metal locket, chape and band, the locket engraved "Hawes, Bond Street", 76 cm
Lot 612
A fine 18th Century hunting sword, the single-edged and single-fullered blade decorated with parcel-gilt etched panels including depictions of a boar and stag, having a brass hilt with stag horn grip, the guards and pommel depicting in relief figures, game and hunting vignettes, in brass-mounted leather scabbard, 71 cm
Lot 625
A QEII Scottish officer's silver mounted dirk by Wilkinson Sword, of typical form, the scabbard mounts relief-decorated in patterns of thistles within C-scroll cartouches, the locket centred by a vacant shield, the pommels set with citrine coloured stones, mounts David Shaw Silverware Ltd, London, 1979, 49 cm
Lot 2528
3rd-4th century AD. A bronze mount, forming the top part of an entrance sheath fitting, having raised plaque embossed with the head of Medusa, showing stylised face and wavy hairs, maybe the upper part of a dagger's scabbard. See Almasri E., Mairna H.M, Bala'awi F. and Al Rousan, R., Medusa in Nabatean, Hatran and Palmyrene cultures in Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry, vol.18, no.3, (2018), pp.89-102. 69.5 grams, 57mm (2 1/4"). Ex important Dutch collection; acquired on the European art market in the 1970s. This unparalleled piece is probably linked to the military equipment of a wealthy soldier. The decorative style of the Medusa's head points to a late dating in comparison with some images of the Gorgon on Eastern Military Roman artefacts (Almasri., Mairna, Bala'awi, Al Rousan, 2018, figs.27 & 30"). Fine condition.
Lot 2719
10th-12th century AD. A fragment of a bronze scabbard chape formed as a D-shaped panel with ribbed detailing, two vestigial limbs and profile head with lentoid eye. 7.95 grams, 40mm (1 1/2"). Property of an English gentleman; formerly in a collection formed in the 2000s. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 2821
Late 19th century AD. A large gilt-brass mantle clock with romantic figure of a warrior standing resting his left arm on his helmet perched on a rock-pile with shield leaning against it, picket fence to the rear; the figure wearing armour and a surcoat, sword in its scabbard, holding an axe in his right hand; circular hole to the rear plate with revealing clock movement by '[CHAR]LES PICKARD & AD PUNAT' of Paris, numbered '855' and with a stamped roundel 'Medaille d'Argent' and '48'; holes to the front to accept a name plate(?); the base with baroque ornament including scrolled tendrils and a shield with leaves supporting. 5.3 kg, 49.5cm (19 1/2"). Property of a Guernsey collector; acquired in the UK in the early 1990s. Fine condition.
Lot 466
5th-4th century BC. An iron two-edged dagger in its scabbard; the pommel of classic Celtiberian dual-antenna design, with biconvex lobe finials; columnar grip with median collar; slightly curved guard; lentoid-section parallel-sided scabbard with open slot to the lower end of each face, flared terminal; three suspension points, one with penannular ring in place; with Guttmann collection label 'AG/219'. See Harding, D.W., The Archaeology of Celtic Art, London, 2007, p.203, for discussion of the artefact type.376 grams, 31.5cm (12 1/2"). Property of a European collector since the early 2000s; formerly in the Axel Guttmann (1944-2001) collection of Ancient Arms & Armour; collection number AG219 - W150; exhibited at the Guttmann museum on the outskirts of Berlin, Germany; accompanied by a copy of a photograph of this item within its display case; accompanied by an archaeological expertise from Dr. Raffaele D’Amato.Fair condition. Rare.
Lot 470
2nd-1st century BC. An iron pugio military dagger of Type I from the Republican period, comprising a short triangular blade with thick midrib and swept edges, narrow point, triangular guard with chamfered upper edges, grip with facetted bulb displaying a bronze stud and disc pommel; frame of the accompanying scabbard with C-section outer edges and three flat transverse bracers, chape with disc finial, four attachment loops for mounting straps, to the obverse of the mouth an applied repoussé silver portrait bust with Julian hairstyle. See Fischer, N.L., Iron Men: Roman Masculinity and the Roman Military Dagger, Cornell University PhD thesis, 2017; also Bishop, M.C. and Coulston, J.C.N., Roman Military Equipment From the Punic Wars to the Fall of Rome, London, 1993, p.134-5.311 grams total, 34cm (13 1/2"). From an important English collection; acquired in the 1990s; accompanied by an academic report by Dr. Raffaele D’Amato. Type I pugio daggers are typically 28-30cm in length, the earliest and shortest of the type. The two discs that form the grip and pommel confirm its origins among a class of combat knives found on the Iberian Peninsula before the first Roman military invasion. The overall design was borrowed from the contemporary Celtiberian double-disc-handled dagger. These may initially have been taken from defeated local warriors as battlefield booty from the Numantine and Sertorian Wars (153-133 BC and 75 BC respectively"). They were then copied by Roman military smiths, and formed part of the standard legionary's kit by the time of the battle of Alesia (52 BC"). The pugio was used for close-quarters fighting and for dispatching fallen enemies. Many examples are very decorative, suggesting that it was considered a valuable back-up armament suited to certain types of combat where it was primarily used as a stabbing weapon. Fine condition.
Lot 472
5th-6th century AD. An iron two-edged sword with lentoid-section blade, the blade with battle nicks to both cutting edges and traces of scabbard remaining; the lower guard formed from a gilt chip-carved plate, inlaid with garnet cloisonné; gold clad tubular grip with five raised ribs; the pommel with inset rectangular garnets with a central cabochon, agate disc above. See Behmer, E., Das zweischneidige Schwert der germanischen Völkerwanderungszeit, Stockholm, 1939; Périn P. and Kazanski M.,La tombe de Childéric, le Danube et la Méditerranée in Villes et campagnes en Neustrie, (Europe médiévale, 8) Montagnac, 2007, pp. 29-38; Lebedinsky, I., Armes et guerriers barbares au temps des grandes invasions, Paris, 2001.855 grams, 88cm (34 3/4"). Property of a Kent collector; part of his family collection since the mid 1970s; accompanied by an academic report by military specialist Dr. Raffaele D’Amato. The sword belongs to the type III of the Behmer classification of the Germanic swords, the so-called broad-blade group, the second main group of the blades of the Migration period. Weapons of this type have been discovered in the territory of the Franks (Tournai, Flonheim, Louvres, Lavoye), the Alamans (Gültingen) and in the tombs of different Germanic populations of central Europe (Vienne-Leopoldau in Austria, Blu?ina in Moravia, Bešenov in Slovakia"). It is clear that such typology of swords was derived from the late Roman spatha, and it was widely used by the Roman soldiers of the period. Subtypes are known, for instance the garnet fittings are more abundant on the Frankish blades than on the Alaman ones; but in general the similarities between these weapons allows us to accept the idea of a common prototype, and that they were created in the same atelier. Scholars have proposed their origin in the Mediterranean world, and particularly in Constantinople (Quast, Arrhenius) or in Italy (Kazanski, Périn"). Fine condition, cleaned and conserved.
Lot 1499
12th-14th century AD. A bronze pendant with over represented a military saint, with nimbus around the head, clad in armour (visible on the hemispherical shoulder protections) and military cloak (klanidion),holding a sword (spathion) in his right hand, the left hand holding the empty scabbard (thekarion) of the weapon, probably a representation of Saint George (Aghios Georgios"). See Wamser, L., Die Welt von Byzanz - Europas Östliches Erbe, München, 2004, especially p.180, nos.223-227. 26.3 grams, 36mm (1 1/2"). Ex important Dutch collection; acquired on the European art market in the 1970s. Such pendants were often used as protection amulets by soldiers in battle. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
Lot 293
A George VI Naval Officer's dress sword, housed in leather scabbard with brass mounts and two hanging strap rings, shagreen and wirework grip with lion head pommel and gilt bullion thread sword knot, gilt brass hinged guard engraved E.J. Palmer and crowned fouled anchor langet, with associated black patent leather waist belt and sword slings, 99cm total length
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