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Nation : British
Local Price : £1,275.00

QUALITY**NAPOLEONIC PENINSULAR WARS ERA** British Georgian Reddell & Bate 1796 Pattern Infantry Officer’s Sword With Blued & Gilt Etched Warranted Blade & Scabbard. Sn 22658 -. This is an excellent quality original British 1796 Pattern Infantry Officer’s sword (see page 160 of World Swords by Withers where an example with blued and gilt etched blade is illustrated. In his book withers states that most of these swords are found with missing quillons, & worn blades). Our example has the correct shell guard with foliate decoration, one shell correctly folds for scabbard carry. It has the correct knuckle bow and ornate urn shaped pommel. The wire bound grip is excellent and retains its original quillon finial. All wire is tight and intact. It has a 31” long fullered blade. The blued blade has foliate themed gilt panels on both sides including Grown GR (King George Rex), Heraldic Arms, martial banners, foliate panels ‘Warranted’ banner and maker or retailer banners ‘Reddell & Bate’. All of the etchings are crisp. Its original leather scabbard has brass mounts and 2 original hanging rings. The throat mount has a frog locket. All leather and stitching are intact with just light service wear. The price for this quality Napoleonic piece includes UK delivery. Sn 22658

Nation : British
Local Price : £1,275.00

**NAPOLEONIC WARS ERA**MATCHING MAKER**Georgian British 1796 Pattern Officer’s Private Purchase Quality Light Cavalry Sword By Woolley & Co Birmingham & Scabbard By Woolley & Co Birmingham. Sn 23174:27 -. Woolley of Birmingham produced their 1796 pattern sabres especially for the looming 100 Days War in March and April 1815, after the Congress of Vienna declared Napoleon an outlaw after his escape from his first exile to the Elba, and the Allies mobilised their armies accordingly. This is an original British 1796 Pattern Officer’s Private Purchase Quality Light Cavalry Sabre with Scabbard both by Woolley & Co Birmingham. These Sabres were primarily used by British Light Dragoons and Hussars during the Napoleonic Wars. The blade is remembered today as one of the best of its time and has been described as the finest cutting sword ever manufactured in quantity. Officers of the famous 95th Rifles, Light Infantry Regiments and the "flank" Companies of Line Regiments adopted these Swords (The Hit Napoleonic War, Book & TV series Sharpe’s Rifles featured this pattern of Sword). Pattern 1796 Sabres were used at The Battle of Waterloo 1815. This example has a single edged, fullered 32 ¾” Sabre blade (38” overall). The blade has some staining and rubbing consistent with age but no rust and the cutting edge has no nicks. The blade has its original leather hilt washer. The spine of the blade is signed ‘Woolley & Co’. Its cross guard with rounded langets, knuckle guard, pommel are in good order. The wood grip has lost some of its leather covering through the ages but there is no damage & the wire binding is tight, complete & intact. The Sabre is complete with its original steel scabbard with 2 hanging rings. The scabbard has even patina with no cracks and just a few small dents to be expected. The scabbard has an engraved roundel with the maker’s name ‘Woolley & Co Birmingham’. The lack of Board of Ordnance marks indicates that this sword & scabbard are an Officer’s Private Purchase piece. The price for this excellent Napoleonic Wars Era Sword & Scabbard includes UK delivery. Sn 23174:27

Nation : British
Local Price : £1255

Click and use the code >26098 to search for this item on the dealer website Superb Crimean War 1853 Issue British Cavalry Sabre, Exactly as Used by The Charge of the Light Brigade, and, The {Less Well Known, Yet Ironically More Successful} Charge of the Heavy Brigade. In Its Stunning Steel Scabbard, With White Buff Hide Knot

Nation : French
Local Price : £1,250.00

French First Empire AN XII.... French Napoleonic period, AN XII model naval officers epee. 33 inch single fullered blade, showing remnants of engraving to the forte and evidence of

Nation : ?
Local Price : 1,250.00

. A Colt Percussion 1849 Single Action Six-Shot Pocket Revolver, No. 208734 for 1862. With sighted octagonal barrel, stamped ‘ADDRESS COL SAML COLT NEW-YORK U.S. AMERICA' along the top-flat, with six-shot cylinder engraved with stage coach hold up scene, and stamped ‘08734' the pistol has matching serial numbers throughout, the frame is stamped ‘COLTS PATENT' to the left brass trigger guard and back-strap, with pin and notch hammer sight. Dimensions: Bore: .31 Cal Barrel Length: 5 Inches (12.70 cm) Overall Length: 10 Inches (25.40 cm)

Nation : British
Local Price : £1,250.00

**SUPERB**VERY RARE**NAPOLEONIC PENINSULAR WARS ERA** British W. Parker London Warranted 1796 Pattern Infantry Officer’s Sword With Blued & Gilt Etched Blade. ED 2594 -. This is an original very rare to find example of a British 1796 Pattern Infantry Officer’s sword (see page 160 of World Swords by Withers where an example with similar blued and etched blade is illustrated. In his book withers states that most of these swords are found with missing quillons, & worn blades). Our superb example has the correct shell guard with foliate decoration, one shell correctly folds for scabbard carry. It has the correct knuckle bow and ornate urn shaped pommel. The wire bound grip is excellent and retains its original quillon finial. All wire is tight and intact. It has a 31 ¾” long fullered, single edged blade with leather hilt washer. The blade is correctly gold etched and blued on all sides for ¾ of its length. The etchings are foliate & Martial panels, Georgian Crown GR (George Rex) & heraldic devices. There is also a maker’s banner ‘W. Parker London Warranted’ (Parker, William [1790-1840] Shop in Holborn, London. He was the founder of a famous firm of gunmakers. Had the Royal Warrant. Made blades & boxlock flintlock pocket pistols, flintlock holster pistols and brass barrel blunderbusses. Under Royal Government contract made flintlock musketoons. In 1829 when Sir Robert Peel organized the London Police, William Parker made flintlock and later percussion pistols for the Police). All of the etching, gilt and blueing are crisp. As is common this sword is without scabbard. The price for this very rare sword includes UK delivery. ED 2594

Nation : -
Local Price : £1,250.00

17th Century Smallsword. EL7306 - A high status mid to late-17th century Continental early smallsword, gilded overall and featuring a Norman Typology Type 109 hilt. The 28 inch double-edged blade, with extensive and very detailed engraving and complex fullering, with the remains of gilding evident on most of the surface. The hilt of copper alloy, also with gilding remaining, having one main knucklebow and the

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £1,250.00

**MASTER SMITH**WW2 Japanese Officer’s Type 98 Shin Gunto Seki Arsenal Katana Sword With Smith Signed Tang ‘Shinoda Uji Fusa’, Rare Period Expensive Aluminium Scabbard & Expert Assessment. Sn 23322 -. An original WW2 dated Japanese Officer’s Sword with signed tang. The sword has been assessed by UK Japanese sword expert Bill Tagg. A copy of his hand written notes and illustrations accompany the sword. In extracts from his notes he states “A Type 98 shin gunto pattern army officer’s sword. Blade is a showato, oil–tempered arsenal–produced blade. This smith also worked in take¬ yama sword forging place using yasuki sand iron (known maker of gendaito traditionally forged blades). Maker: shinoda Uji Fusa pupil of watanabe kane naga & kato jumyo, both rated swordsmiths. Uji fusa won 3rd seat in 1941 competition. Rated as joko no retsu (master smith). This blade has a seki arsenal inspection stamp so is not a gendaito. Blade is in bright but scratched condition obscuring the forging details. Appears to have a small bumpy temperline gunome midare with nioi edge to it when looked at in bright sunlight, needs professional polish. Saya metal (aluminium) expensive in its day – you always have problems keeping the paint on this type as it seems to fall away easily. This has been repainted in army colours (used condition). Tsuba is mokko (4 lobed) iron plate been blackened finish no decoration. Made showa period 1940-45. Multiple seppa all number 15 apart from odd one. Tsuka is good but used / carried condition. Has broken locking catch, also has wire sarute loop for tassel (original). Reference: markus sesko book on Japanese sword smiths page 249 & fuller & gregory. Lists of Japanese sword smiths oshigata 156–3, 38–366, 352. Lots of info in books on this man, a trained tosho by two very good masters”. In his illustrations Bill translates the tang signature and identifies an arsenal mark. He describes the cutting edge as 65 cm length and total length 89 cm. He also describes and illustrates other blade measurements and characteristics (illustrated in image 2). The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23322