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Local Price : 435.00 USD

SARDINIAN NCO SWORD C.1850. Brass hilt with baluster knuckle bow and radial pattern pommel. Good one piece diced ebony grip (crack). 27” slightly curved blade of heavy wedge section shows gray patina, some isolated pitting and surface marks from use. Dating to the period of the peasant revolts against the privatization and their exclusion from the lands on which they farmed, all of which were repressed by the Sardinian military.

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Local Price : 435.00 USD

U S MILITIA NCO SWORD C.1840. Bronze hilt with bow tie form cross guard, spread eagle decorated pommel and simulated sharkskin grip with separate wire wrap. 28 1/8” medially ridged double edged blade, unmarked. Maroon leather covered iron scabbard with fine pierced pewter mounts. The throat mount with eagle and stars and bars and bronze stud matching the hilt. The tip mount pierced with foliage. Blade with smooth gray patina. Hilt with expected wear. Scabbard surface congealed with crisp excellent mounts. Likely owes its survival to its service in the Civil War.

Nation : British
Local Price : £310.00

British Mark I 1856 Pattern Drummer’s Sword, Royal Fusiliers, Circa 1886 by Mole. Description Straight unfullered double-edged spear-pointed blade with diamond cross-section, brass hilt with central VR cypher of Queen Victoria, triangular langets and trefoil finials. Longitudinally ribbed brass grip, flared pommel with tang button. Black leather scabbard with brass fittings at throat and chape, the throat piece with teardrop-shaped frog stud. The brass grip is stamped on one of the narrow, smooth sides with &#acute;R F. L.COY.&#acute;, indicating that this sword was issued to L Company of the Royal Fusiliers, as well as a broad arrow over &#acute;WD&#acute; which is a War Department stores mark, and a crown inspection stamp. The other smooth side of the grip is marked with what are probably rack numbers including &#acute;33&#acute;. All the grip markings are somewhat faint due to rubbing which has somewhat smoothed the features of the hilt overall “ this is probably attributable to repeated polishing of the brass, probably during its service life. The edge of the ricasso is stamped on one side with an illegible mark that may be two overlaid stamps. The throat piece of the scabbard is stamped on one edge with the maker&#acute;s mark &#acute;MOLE&#acute;, and next to the throat with the date &#acute;2 . 1886&#acute; indicating February 1886, probably the manufacture date. These short swords were issued to drummers of infantry regiments. While the pattern was ordered to be adopted in 1856, there is evidence that similar-looking swords were being carried by musicians in some units as early as 1843, and some units did not actually adopt the new pattern until years after its introduction. Wholly ornamental, an identical version with a cast iron hilt was issued for buglers. The blade has some light patination in places. The brass hilt and grip has a few tiny spots of patination in recesses, raised areas with overpolishing as previously mentioned. A few small nicks to the unsharpened edge on one side near the midpoint. The leather of the scabbard remains flexible “ take care to support it when withdrawing the blade. Some surface-level flaking and cracking to the leather. All its stitching is intact. The brass pieces of the scabbard have a darker patina. Some dents to the edges of the throat piece. Some light dents and scratches to the chape piece, these creating a few tiny spots of brighter brass. None of these interfere with sheathing and drawing the blade.

Nation : German
Local Price : £310.00

Prussian M1816 Infantry Hanger / Sabre. Description Curved hanger blade with hatchet point, single fuller. Cast brass heart-shaped hilt with short quillon and knucklebow, brass grip with diagonal grooves on one side and smooth on the other, round brass pommel. No scabbard. Blade 25Â½ inches (65cm) in length, the sword 31Â½ inches (80cm) overall. The M1816 was a near-copy of its predecessor the M1715 infantry sword. The Napoleonic Wars having finally concluded, the Prussian army chose in 1815 to adopt the French infantry saber as standard for their infantry “ the Guards regiments however preferred the old Prussian model and so new stocks were produced. The blade is of the form the English called a &#acute;hanger&#acute; although German sources consider it a sabre. Sturdy and simple to produce, these swords had a long service life, remaining in use longest as a parade weapon with the SchloÃ&159;garde-Kompanie (guards of the royal palaces) until they units were disbanded with the end of the Prussian monarchy in 1918. This example is very slightly non-standard, having simpler ferrules and a blade about 3/8 of an inch longer. It bears no official markings so might be a privately purchased version. The blade has a bright polished finish. There are a few small nicks to the blade around its midsection and some very small patches of pitting in the same area. The brass of the hilt has an even patina, with the usual minor dents and some brown spotting. It has one small crack near where the knucklebow meets the hilt, but remains solid with no movement. The quillon is bent slightly to one side.

Nation : Danish
Local Price : 3,900 kr

Danish sheath bayonet w/1794 marked "Kongens livjaeger corps".

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Local Price : 3,900 kr

Sv marinbajonett m/1915.

Nation : American
Local Price : 425.00 USD

AMERICAN SECRET SOCIETY SWORD. Knights of Friendship, a relatively small and obscure secret society founded by Dr. Mark Kerr in 1859. The popularity of secret societies in America expanded after the Civil War making this one of the earliest. The plated hilt has an arrow cluster among sun, moon, and stars, and globe form pommel with a C on each side (significance unknown). Black japanned grip. The blade is 28 ½” in length, double-edged and excellent. The plated scabbard retains its suspension chains with high relief figure of a 3/4 armor atop a cross through a crown. That last is a Masonic symbol and it is known that Kerr was a Mason, suggesting that the Knights of Friendship, like other know groups, was an auxiliary of the Free Masons.

Nation : Spanish
Local Price : 425.00 USD

SPANISH NON COMMISSIONED OFFICER’S SWORD, EARLY 20TH CENTURY. Probably dating to the Spanish Civil War of 1936-9 or before. Brass hilt with lion head pommel and cross on eagle motif shell guard. Two piece countered wood scale grip. Unmarked 30 ¼” slab side blade evidently patterned after the Japanese 1875 pattern blades.