For Sale

The following items are listed by for sale by users of the site and dealers. They are in no way endorsed or guaranteed by www.antiquearmsresearch.com

Add a Classified Item

Type:

Nation:

Keyword(s):

Budget: to

Clicking on the sword will take you through to the relevant classified item or dealer site.

Don't miss out! - Do you want to be kept informed weekly of new aditions? Just join our weekly update list.

You can also receive regular email notifcations when items match your keywords. To recieve them just register or logon at the top right of this page.

Nation : British
Local Price : £600.00

1796 Pattern Named Infantry Officers Sword. A rare named 1796 Pattern Infantry Officers Sword for Lieutenant Peter Atkinson, Ouse and Derwent Infantry (Volunteers) East Riding Yorkshire. Peter Atkinson was commissioned Lieutenant 5th September 1803, Ouze & Derwent Infantry. The company is numbered 801 in the 1804 army list, and 1296 in the 1806 list. Commanding officer Lt. Col. Richard Thompson.The regulation blade retains some gilt etching, including the crowned GR cipher, 1801-1816 Royal Arms, trophy of arms, floral tributes and &#acute;Warranted&#acute; within banner. The spine is marked with the maker&#acute;s name &#acute;Woolley & Deakin&#acute;. The regulation gilt brass hilt retains most of its original gilding, and the folding side guard is engraved &#acute;PA O.D.V&#acute;. In good untouched condition with age patina, the blade does have a few small patches of pitting. Blade 80cms, overall 97cms

Nation : Spanish
Local Price : £600.00

Spanish 18th Century Smallsword, with Motto-Inscribed Blade. Description Double-edged blade with short central fuller, thereafter with hexagonal profile, and spear point. Steel late-style hilt with asymmetrical boatshell counterguard, long opposed quillons, slender knucklebow joined by a single sidebar from the guard. Steel ferrule, silver wire-wrapped grip with turk&#acute;s heads. Globular pommel with tang nut. Blade 27Â¾ inches in length, Â¾ of an inch wide at the shoulder, its fuller extending 7Â½ inches. Sword 34Â½ inches overall. The blade is stamped at the in the fuller on one side with &#acute;X NO X ME X SAQUES X SIN RASON X&#acute; and on the other side with &#acute;X NO X ME X ENBAINES X SIN X HONOR&#acute;. At the end of the fuller on each side is stamped an anchor-like symbol, perhaps a maker&#acute;s mark. The stamped lettering is rough in places, the &#acute;R&#acute; of &#acute;RASON&#acute; for instance appears to have been lightly stamped once then more firmly stamped slightly off-centre of the first, creating a double image. &#acute;No me saques sin rason, No me enbaines sin honor&#acute; translates to &#acute;Draw me not without reason, sheath me not without honour&#acute;. This phrase, suggesting that the weapon should not be recklessly drawn, but once drawn should be used bravely until honour was satisfied, is sometimes termed the &#acute;Spanish motto&#acute; as it appears so commonly on sword blades of various types made in Spain or intended for the Spanish market. This includes a number produced in Solingen (Germany) for trade in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, many of which ended up in Spanish colonies. This example is of basic construction, and the six-sided nut used to secure the tang suggests that it has been previously taken apart, so it may be a composite piece. The blade has some areas of light patination, no edge damage apart from the very tip, which has rolled (

Nation : British
Local Price : £600.00

English Circa 1800 Fighting Dirk. Description Double-edged, spear-pointed blade 15Â½ inches in length, overall length ~20Â¼ inches, with full length tapering central fuller. Reeded wood grip, flat square gilt brass &#acute;pillow&#acute; pommel with ball finial, simple chamfered square gilt brass ferrule, brass cross hilt with forward and reverse quillons. Black leather scabbard with gilt brass throat and chape, with teardrop frog stud. This is an example of the early non-regulation type of English officer&#acute;s dirk, carried by officers in both the Army and Navy from around 1770 until the mid 1800s. The lack of any uniform regulations during this period allowed officers the freedom to buy and carry weapons of their choice, leading to great variety in weaponry. Dirks were a form of dagger or long knife typically carried in addition to an officer&#acute;s full-size hanger or smallsword, used either as a backup weapon or held in the off-hand in the manner of a parrying dagger. This example is gilded for a more pleasing appearance than many fighting dirks, which could be quite simply constructed. Without specific ornamentation or markings one cannot tell if it was carried by an Army or a Navy officer. The blade has been previously cleaned back from a slightly corroded state and has minor pitting to its surface. There is slight movement to the pommel cap. The grip is in excellent condition with only some very minor chipping near the pommel cap. The gilding has worn on raised edges of the ferrule and pommel cap. The scabbard may be a later replacement, in the correct style. An example with a very similar blade and grip (this time of ivory) is illustrated in Peter Tuite&#acute;s &#acute;British Naval Edged Weapons - An Overview&#acute;, in the American Society of Arms Collectors Bulletin, 86:37-57, made by Francis Thurkle. The scabbard is not shown but is described as &#acute;brass-mounted leather&#acute;.

Nation : British
Local Price : £595.00

Lowland Royal Field Artillery Officer&#acute;s Sword. Lowland Royal Field Artillery Officer&#acute;s Sword engraved with 2/1st Lowland RFA and officer&#acute;s name A R J Dunlop. Regulation 3 bar hilt with fish skin grip and chequered back strap. The blade in excellent condition well etched with G R V and crown the reverse with Royal Artillery plus officer&#acute;s name and unit. Complete with service scabbard and frog. Information: Reference: Swords of the British Army Plate 205 Blade Length: 35.0 inch Overall Length: 41.5 inch

Nation : British
Local Price : £595.00

English Officers Spadroon c 1796. English Officers Spadroon c 1796 with steel hilt with side bar, knucklebow and decorative pommel with raised tank button plus fluted ebony grip. The blade straight with fuller each side engraved with G R Crown, trophies of arms and Britania with shield, the spine stamped Solingen overall length 38 inch the blade 32.5 inch

Nation : British
Local Price : £595.00

British Military Georgian Spadroon c1800. British Military Georgian Spadroon c1800 curved blade with two fullers, the hilt with knuckle guard and side loop plus fluted ebony grip. Overall length 36 inch the blade 30 inch the blade very similar to a 1788 cavalry sword.

Nation : British
Local Price : £595.00

British Infantry Officers Spadroon c 1796. British Infantry Officers Spadroon c 1796 The straight single edged blade maker marked Bland to each side plus G R and crown. All steel hilt comprising of pommel cap and raised tang button, knuckle bow and straight cross bar with ribbed ebony grip. Note “ John Bland London Sword maker and Cutler 1768 to 1800 over all length 34.75 inch the blade 29 inch

Nation : British
Local Price : £595.00

Victorian British Dockyard Or River Police Brass Hilt Sword / Hanger Sidearm & Scabbard. ED 3027 -. This is a nice original Victorian British Police Brass Hilt Sword / Hanger Sidearm & Scabbard as carried by Naval Dockyard Or River Police. It has a clean, fullered 24” steel blade & is 29 ½” overall length. The blade has its original leather hilt washer. There are no dates, maker or inspection marks on this sword. The brass hilt with bar guard and stepped pommel is in excellent order. The ribbed fish skin grip is clean & undamaged. The push button scabbard retaining clip functions as it should. The original leather scabbard has brass mounts. The brass throat mount has a frog locket and it has an external brass chape. All leather & stitching of the scabbard are clean & intact. The price includes UK delivery. ED 3027 (sword bucket armoury)