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Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £4750

Click and use the code >26201 to search for this item on the dealer website Fabulous, Samurai Late Koto To Shinto Period Wakazashi Sword In Very Fine, All Original, Edo Period Handachi Koshirae. With Original Urushi Ishime Lacquer Saya In Chitosemidori, A Thousand Year Green. Samurai War Pony Menuki. With A Remarkable Blade

Nation : British
Local Price : £4650

Majestic Victorian Scottish Dirk for a 74th Highlanders Officer dating to before 1881. A very nice dirk of bold proportions for an officer of the 74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot dating to before the widespread reforms to the British Infantry implemented by the Secretary of State for War Hugh Childers in 1881. As part of these reforms the 74th (Highland) Regiment amalgamated with the 71st (Highland) Regiment to become the Highland Light Infantry with the 74th forming the 2nd Battalion. The dirk mounts are of gilt bronze and it was retailed by Ponder, 37 Duke Street, St James, London. The single-edged leaf shaped blade is just under a foot long (just over 30 cm) and has a blunt back edge extending 7 inches (18 cm) from the base of the grip which is scalloped for most of its length after which it is double edged to the tip. A single pronounced fuller runs underneath the blunt back edge with a broader, shallower fuller running beneath along the middle of the blade. The blade is sumptuously etched and engraved on both sides. The side with the cutting edge to the left when the dirk is held upwards has the name of the retailer near the grip with a stand of arms above featuring banners, muskets, trumpets and a bonnet. A vacant circular depression in the middle of the stand of arms once contained a small circular brass stud which is now missing. The rest of the blade is taken up with 13 battle honours in scrolling script beginning with the Sieges of Seringapatam in India in 1792 / 1799 and ending with the Peninsular Campaign of the Napoleonic Period and the Battle for Toulouse in 1814 On the reverse side near the grip an elephant is present over which “ASSAYE” marks the involvement of the Regiment in the battle of that name in India in 1803. Above this a complex foliate panel contains a vacant cartouche in the middle. Above this the regimental badge is present on a star surround centred with a thistle surrounded by a circular belt with the words NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT (NO ONE PROVOKES ME WITH IMPUNITY) engraved within its borders , followed by another foliate panel containing the VR cypher and a crown above. The grips of the dirk, by-knife and fork are baluster shaped and of black hardwood cut with fluted basket weave patterns with brass studs mounted at the intersections. Each piece is mounted with a pommel with bold foliage and thistles in raised relief with yellow backed multi-faceted citrines mounted on top. The by-knife and fork are secured in their pockets with blued sprung steel clips mounted onto each grip on one side. The Regimental badge and motto “NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT ” is applied either side of the base mount of the dirk grip, similar to the badge on the blade, on a background of thistles and foliage. This was the Latin motto of the Royal Stuart dynasty of Scotland from at least the reign of James VI when it appeared on the reverse side of merk coins minted in 1578 and 1580. It is still the adopted motto of the Order of the Thistle and of some Scottish regiments of the modern British Army. The scabbard is of wood covered with black leather and retains its suspension bar and strap at the back. The mouthpiece to the front shows St Andrew holding a cross on a background of a star surrounded with foliage and thistles. The mount for the by-knife pocket shows an Indian Elephant with “ASSAYE” above, as on the blade, surrounded with thistles and foliage. On the mount of the by-fork pocket is the Regimental number “74” within a frame of foliage and thistles. The chape possesses further thistle designs. The dirk is in overall fine condition. The bronze mounts retain almost all of their gilt cover. The blade is in good condition. The pommel stones and their housings are intact. The overall length of the dirk in its scabbard is just over 189 inches (48.5 cm) long. The dirk alone is 17.75 inches (44.5 cm) long. The 74th was raised in 1787 by Archibald Campbell, their first Colonel, and was known as Campbell's Highlanders. The Regiment first saw action in India during the Mysore campaign of 1789, and subsequently saw action under Arthur Wellesley in the Mahratta War of 1802. Returning to Europe, the 74th served under Wellington again in the Peninsular campaign, and fought at Busaco, Fuentes d'Onoro, (both sieges of Badajoz), also the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Vittoria, Nivelles, Tarbes, Orthe, and Toulouse. It was then sent to help garrison Ireland, and so missed the Battle of Waterloo, although it was on its way to embark for Belgium when news of the battle arrived. The Regiment remained in Ireland until 1818 and was then in Canada and New Brunswick until 1828, Bermuda for a year, and in Ireland again from 1830 to 1834. Later in the 1830s and into the 1840s, the 74th was stationed in St. Lucia, Barbados and other islands in the West Indies; its personnel keeping remarkably healthy apart from one outbreak of fever and dysentery. Without coming home again, the Regiment went to Quebec in Canada. The 74th came back to Britain from Canada in March 1845 and later that year became the 74th (Highland) Regiment and served in the Kaffir War and in the Sepoy Rebellion. In 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms, the 74th amalgamated with the 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot to become the 2nd battalion, Highland Light Infantry.

Nation : British
Local Price : £4650

Very Fine Victorian Scottish Dirk for a 79th (Cameron) Highlanders Officer dating to between 1855 to 1881. A very fine and impressive Scottish Military Dirk made for an Officer in the 79th Regiment of Foot (Cameron Highlanders) between 1855 and 1871. The dirk is in excellent condition and of fine quality. The blade retains its original polish which highlights the etched and engraved regimental emblems, the VR cipher, battle honours and other Scottish military symbols. It is housed in its black wooden leather covered scabbard with its bi-knife and fork. The Ormolu bronze mounts retain all of the original detail. The baluster shaped grips of the dirk, bi-knife and fork are fashioned from black hardwood or ebony, carved with a pattern of basket weave with brass dome-headed studs mounted at the intersections. The raised ornate pommel tops are canted slightly forwards, and swollen at the rear, mounted with finely cut uniformly amber coloured multifaceted Citrine pommel stones, with decorative rims featuring bands of thistles, acorns and foliage (thistles and to a lesser degree acorns are symbolic components of Scottish heraldry). The dirk grip base mount is decorated in the same manner. This mount is raised into a panel at the front enhanced with further decoration. The grip base behind this mount is carved with a Scottish military bonnet. The cone shaped grip bases of the bi-knife and fork are plain and mounted with blued sprung steel clips on either side to secure the grips into the scabbard pocket tops. The bi-knife blade has a scalloped back edge and is marked by the blade making business “John Sellers” which first appeared in the Sheffield Directories in 1833. The leaf shaped blade is 11 inches (28 cm) long and has a scalloped back edge under which a deep fuller extends towards the tip and terminates just after the scallop line ends. After this the blade is double edged to the tip. A wider fuller extends from the hilt along the middle of the blade to just before the end of the scalloped line. The dirk blade is profusely etched and engraved in the typical high-quality manner of the late Victorian era and retains its original polished finish. On the “point up” side, with the cutting edge facing to the right, the “VR” cipher with a crown above is present near the hilt. Above this the number of the regiment “79” is featured inside a laurel wreath. Above the wreath pennants mark 12 battle honours of the regiment interspersed with foliage. The oldest is the Battle of Egmontopzee fought in 1799 in the Anglo-Russian Helder Campaign and the most recent is the Siege of Sebastopol in the Crimean War in 1854-1855. Towards the tip the decoration features a flamboyant Scottish thistle. On the reverse side the blade base features the “VR” cipher, with a crown above, followed by a “79” inside a wreath similar to the same designs on the first side. Above the wreath a flamboyant Scottish thistle is present followed by a stand of arms centered with the Cross of St Andrew, surrounded with basket hilted swords, lances, muskets and banners. The area near the blade tip accommodates a panel of Scottish bluebells (harebells) which like thistles and acorns are symbols in Scottish heraldry and are the traditional plant badge for some clans. The dirk is housed in its wooden scabbard covered with black leather on top of which the scabbard mounts are applied. The mouthpiece to the front contains the regimental number 79 inside an oak and thistle leaf garland in raised relief. The bi-knife and chape mounts have thistle sprays and the bi-fork mount is of bluebells. The mounts at the back are plain and the back of the mouthpiece retains its raised bar suspension mount. The overall length of the dirk in its scabbard is just over 16.5 inches (just over 42 cm). The 79th or Cameron Highlanders was one of the most famous regiments of the British Army. The regiment was originally raised in 1793 as the 79th Regiment of Foot (Cameronian Volunteers) in the Highlands of Scotland and in 1804 was renamed the 79th Regiment of Foot (Cameron Highlanders). The regiment took part in many major engagements in the Napoleonic period including battles in Egypt, the Peninsula War and Waterloo. The thistles and acorns featured on the dirk are elements of the traditional arms of Clan Cameron. This dirk dates to the period shortly after the Siege of Sebastopol which lasted from 1854 to 1855 in the Crimean War. This is the last / latest battle honour depicted on the blade. In 1881, Childers Reforms to the British Infantry led to the regiment being renamed the 1st Battalion Queens Own Cameron Highlanders. Dirks made for the regiment were marked in this manner from then on. The regiment had embarked for the Crimea towards the end of the Crimean War in 1854 and completed its service there by participating in the end of the Siege and in the battles of Alma, Balaclava and the expedition to Kerch. Shortly after returning to the UK the regiment sailed to India to help suppress the Indian Mutiny and in 1858 took part in the Capture of Lucknow and the Battle of Bareilly. The dirk is not marked in its battle honours with this service in India which probably means the dirk had been made before this campaign took pace. The regiment returned to the UK in 1871. In 1873 Queen Victoria presented the regiment with new colours and directed that the regiment be known as the 79th Regiment, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. The regimental number of 79 was dispensed with in 1881. Hence the dirk dates to the period between 1855 and 1881. Condition: The condition of the dirk is excellent with only minor wear to the Ormolu backs of the scabbard mounts caused by the rubbing of clothing when the dirk has been worn. The pommel stones are in excellent condition with no cracks, chips or interference to the mount housings. The grips are in fine order and the studs are complete as are the sprung retention clips for the bi-knife and fork.

Nation : British
Local Price : £4500

English Silver Hilted Officer’s Sabre by John Carman (II) of London with hallmarks for 1754 / 1755.. This fine officer’s sabre was once part of the Lattimer Collection and is published in Daniel D Hartzler “Silver Mounted Swords – The Lattimer Family Collection”, 2000, Josten's Printing Company, fig 130, page 68. An old collection reference number is painted in white on the blade near the hilt. See also the same sabre illustrated in Daniel D Hartzler, American Silver-Hilted and Early Federal Swords According to Their Geographical Areas of Mounting, Volume II, 2015, in the section on “Imported Swords”, fig 625, page 690. The hilt and curved fullered blade are of British mid-18th century individual proto-military / regulation type. The hilt is formed from a base made as a convex heart shaped dish with a strengthened brim from which the knuckle bow rises to a swollen hook terminal which fixes into the pommel front. The knucklebow is supported by a single scrolling secondary guard bar which protects the outside of the right hand of the user. The globose pommel has an integral button on top and a pronounced neck beneath. The baluster shaped grip is covered with a decorous binding consisting of different thicknesses of straight and roped silver wire. The grip has a cone-shaped ferrule at its base. The dish guard has a wristguard with a swollen downward facing terminal. The knucklebow is clearly stamped with London hallmarks and the stamp of John Carman. The curved blade has a short ricasso and a broad central fuller extending for most of the blade length with a narrower fuller underneath the spine of the blade for almost the same length. The John Carman that made this hilt was the second cutler and silversmith of that name working in London in the first half of the 18th century. His father was the first who died in 1741. John Carman (II) was born in 1721 / 2 and was indentured to his father for seven years from 1736. He was sworn free by servitude of the Cutlers’ Company in 1743 and registered his first maker’s mark at Goldsmith’s Hall in London in 1748. John Carman (II) was a successful businessman and sword maker. He rose through the ranks of the Cutlers’ Company to become Master for 1761-2. He died in 1764. The length of the blade is 31.25 inches (79.5 cm). The overall length is: 37.25 inches (94.5 cm). The hilt of this sabre is somewhat similar in structure to a more complex and decorous silver spadroon hilt by the same maker hallmarked for 1755 / 1756 which sold at Bruneau Auctions in their sale of April 9th, 2022 lot, 82 (hammer price $10,000).

Nation : British
Local Price : £4,495.00

Dussage Horsemans Sword, rare. Ref X3614. A Rare Dussage Horseman´s Sword. 38&157; overall, 32&157; curved, single & false-edged blade, with triple fuller, remains of engravings of Sun in Splendour and Moors head at the forte. Probably Solingen manufacture. Iron hilt, small clam shell guard on one side, ´S´ shaped counter curved parry quillon & guard, both ending in a buttoned sphere, a ring for the thumb & a guard ring on one side. Grip covered with iron wire binding and with thin, brass wire Turk´s heads. Flattened ovoid pommel. Circa 1570-1600 A fine purposeful sword in good condition, attributed to early Germanic or Hungarian horsemen, also known as ´Scottish Sinclair Swords´ as used by&194;&160; Scottish mercenaries in the early 1600’s. Dussage, dusack or dussack&194;&160; from Czech tesák meaning "cleaver; hunting sword". (lit. "fang") is a single edged sword of the cutlass or sabre type, in use as a side arm in Germany and the Habsburg monarchy during the 16th to 17th centuries, &194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160;&194;&160; Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £4450

Click and use the code >24184 to search for this item on the dealer website Beautiful Antique Edo Period Wakizashi Samurai Short Sword, With a Fabulous Quality Botanical Shakudo Gold and Silver Takebori Mounts & Tsuba

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £4450

Click and use the code >26276 to search for this item on the dealer website Beautiful Aikuchi Tanto Sword With a Fine Early Shinto Blade Circa 1600 & A Full Suite of Koshirae Of the Tokugawa. The Shoguns Of Japan

Nation : -
Local Price : $5,995.00

European Rondel Dagger, Misericorde, Late 14th C. Designed solely for thrusting against an armored opponent, this dagger is very stoutly constructed of solid steel, with thick unmarked 10 1/4” diamond-section blade with long rectangular ricasso. The guard is forged in two pieces in a cog wheel shape, with a down-turned lobe extension serving as a belt hook. Tapering octagonal grip with cross hatching and decorative turned top, bottom, and central features. The 2” diameter pommel disc is forged in two pieces and features a decorative flower head washer at the blade peen. Never been apart and blade with moderate pitting, the entire piece with a dark gunmetal gray patina. Shows lamination and slight forging flaws. Similar examples illustrated in A Europaische Hieb-und Stichwaffen @ , by Muller, Kolling, and Platow (published 1984), page 174. A very rare untouched piece of medieval history, possibly used at the famous Battle of Agincourt. This style dagger is known as a rondel dagger due to it = s round-shaped guard and pommel, though it can also be classified as a A Misericorde @ . The latter name is a French term derived from the Latin A misericordia @ , meaning A act of mercy @ . The intent of such daggers was to dispatch a seriously wounded knight and end his suffering. Such daggers were known to have been used at the famous Battle of Agincourt in 1415, when a force of English knights, men-at-arms, and longbowmen under the command of Henry V, defeated a much larger force of French knights, men-at-arms, and crossbowmen. Despite the code of chivalry and the value of ransomed prisoners, Henry ordered the killing of many of the prisoners because he saw the French forming for what he feared would be a renewed attack, which could have caused an uprising among the prisoners. When the French fled the field of battle, he ordered the killing to cease. Despite the overwhelming English victory, the result of the battle had little effect on the continuing Hundred Years War, which was ultimately won by the French. Henry returned to England the following month, but the French nobility and military were decimated, with entire noble families being wiped out.