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Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £11995

Click and use the code >23519 to search for this item on the dealer website Fabulous Museum Grade Samurai Daimyo´s Art-Sword. From The Koto Era. A Samurai Wakizashi Sword By Master Tadamitsu With Rare Gaku-mei Nakago. Blade, Circa 1440-1460. Mino Goto Koshirae, With Deep Red Ishime Lacquer Saya & Black Silk Binding

Nation : American
Local Price : £11275

Click and use the code >23521 to search for this item on the dealer website Incredibly Rare, Superb 3rd to 2nd Century B.C. Falcata {Machaira Sword} From the Invasion of Rome Era of the Punic Wars, by The Great General Hannibal. It Is Also It Is The Very Same Design of Sword Used by Alexander The Great & His Generals

Nation : British
Local Price : £11275

Click and use the code >22938 to search for this item on the dealer website Museum Quality Original & Ancient, Crusades Period, King Edward Ist Medieval Knights Sword, 13th century. Used During The Time of Edward Longshanks, William Wallace and Robert The Bruce, Used By Both English & Scottish Knights During That Historic Era

Nation : British
Local Price : £11250

Click and use the code >23516 to search for this item on the dealer website Original, Imperial Roman Gladius, A Legionary´s Sword, 1st Century, Almost 2000 Years Old. Made And Used During The Reigns in Imperial Rome of the Emperors, Augustus, Claudius, Tiberius, Caligula & Nero

Nation : German
Local Price : £10995

Click and use the code >24623 to search for this item on the dealer website Exceptional 1700 to 1600 Year Old Spartha Sword of A Warrior of the Roman Empire´s Invasions by the Huns and Visigoths. A Hun or Visigoth Horseman´s Sword Spartha With Its Orinally Mounted &#acute;Lifstein&#acute;, the Magical Life-Stone, and

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £10950

Click and use the code >25268 to search for this item on the dealer website Stunning,1600´s ´Senshu Banzai´ Antique Edo Samurai Katana With Signed Blade, Kashu ju Darani Tachibana Katsukuni Saku, Katsukuni of the Tachibana Clan, the Darani School of Smiths, Made This {Sword} in Kashu Province, Incredible Hamon o

Nation : British
Local Price : £10925

Click and use the code >22937 to search for this item on the dealer website Fabulous, Original, High Middle Ages, Museum Piece. A 13th Century Medieval Knightly Sword of the Henry IIIrd and Simon de Montfort Period, Made And Used By a Knight of The IInd Baron´s War Era, the Battle of Lewes in 1264. Oakshott Typology Type XI

Nation : British
Local Price : $9995.00

Rare British Flintlock Congreve Rocket Launcher, Early 19th C. Deacquisitioned from the Tower of London Museum, where it once hung above the entryway, these launchers were used primarily by the Royal Marine Artillery on land. The Congreve rocket was a form of rocket artillery designed by British inventor William Congreve and inspired by the rockets of the Tipu Sultan of Mysore, who used them against the British East India Company in the Anglo-Mysore Wars. Congreve rockets were first used in 1806 aboard ship in the bombardment of Boulogne. They initially had a rocket body made of stiff paper, which was later changed to sheet iron. The propulsion used the same ingredients as gunpowder, but the mixture varied according to the size of the rocket. The warheads had side-mounted brackets which were used to attach wooden sticks for stabilization in flight (same principal as modern bottle rockets), the size of which varied according to the size of rocket. Their accuracy was generally poor, with physical effects on the battlefield usually very limited, however, they had a significant psychological effect on civilians and troops on the receiving end. They were used during the Napoleonic Wars and in America during the War of 1812, where its use at Fort McHenry in 1814 inspired the fifth line of the first verse of the US National Anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner”: “and the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air”. The launcher offered here is reported to be one of 100 produced and features a 15 1/4” long rocket tube of 2” – 2 1/4” diameter (oval rather than round to accommodate the rocket’s attached stick), with hand-painted broad arrow, “G.R.” and the date “1809”; and attached 8 3/4” bayonet of triangular section. The rocket tube is attached to a smaller diameter hollow, tapering iron tube, with attached conical end cap, to allow for the stick of the rocket. This also serves as a shaft to be held by the user. On the side of the rocket tube is a flintlock mechanism, the lockplate with double line border; stamped with broad arrow and crowned “GR” forward of the cock, and “TOWER” behind. The vent hole is especially large and has an attached tube on the inside of the rocket tube to direct the charge to the base of the rocket and also serves to hold the rocket in place. The flintlock mechanism is activated by a long rod enclosed in a protective housing riveted to the body of the launcher and attached to a trigger of traditional form. A sleeve riveted to the tube enclosing the activation rod contains an original vent pick, which may also have been used to pierce the base of the rocket to expose the powder before firing. A large oval sheet iron flash guard is attached forward of the trigger to protect the user. Mechanism functions normally and the launcher is totally complete, retaining its original black paint. Untouched since its period of use, showing age and light scattered rust and pitting. Weighing only 8 pounds (3.6 kg), these launchers could be carried on foot or horseback and access locations inaccessible by traditional artillery. Overall length 99 1/4” (252 cm). A similar launcher, with fewer features and markings, was offered at auction in 2018 with an estimate of $15,000- $20,000. Extremely rare, with exceptional provenance!