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 : £2,950.00

Victorian 3rd Dragoon Guards Heavy Cavalry Presentation Sword. Victorian 3rd Dragoon Guards Heavy Cavalry Presentation Sword etched with foliate scrolls, crowned VR cypher, 3rd DG, and presentation inscription which reads “ Presented to Sjt Major Short 4th L.D by the officers and men of the 3DG in appreciation of assistance given at Balaclava 2nd Feb 1856 Regulation steel honeysuckle hilt with wire bound fish skin grip, in its steel scabbard with two suspension rings, maker marked Buckmaster London Notes: Frederick Short was born in Windsor and enlisted in the 3rd Light Dragoons in December 1843 aged 18 years. In the following year he transferred to the 4th Light Dragoons. He attained Sergeant in July 1854 and served with distinction in the Crimean war and in particular in the famous charge of the Light Brigade, when he dispatched several enemy artillery drivers with his sword.

Nation : British
Local Price : £2950

Scottish Military Basket Hilted Sword with American Revolutionary War Associations. Scottish swords of this distinctive type were made for infantry soldiers serving in Highland Regiments. They are often associated with service in the American Revolutionary War. This sword dates to the 1770’s and was captured by the Americans and absorbed into their own armoury. This explains why the Georgian cypher and crown have been intentionally removed from both sides of the blade. The style of hilt was developed in Glasgow which was already famous for the manufacture of traditional Scottish basket hilted swords since at least the early 17th century. The hilt type is a simplified version of the more usual Scottish sword type of the mid-18th century. It was intended to be cheaper to produce for a limited market of militias recruited from the Highlands intended to enforce order in Highland regions. The 43rd, later to become the 42nd , the Black Watch, was first formed for this purpose. Around 1757 production of these swords transferred to England as demand grew due to the increasing numbers of Highlanders being recruited into the newly raised Highland regiments in the army. Sword-making was in decline in Glasgow and England was better placed to fulfill bigger contracts in a more cost-effective and timely manner. Production fell into the hands of one firm first owned by Nathaniel Jeffreys then from 1771 by Dru Drury. Little is known of the exact process of manufacture, but it is thought that the hilts, blades, scabbards, and grips were sourced from Birmingham, Sheffield and London, then the swords were assembled in workshops in London. Jeffreys and Drury employed backsword blades with single fullers and generally stamped their blades both sides in a similar manner and size with a crown, “G R” beneath and their name below. The hilts are made from thin flattened ribbon-like iron bars cut from iron sheet between which primary and secondary guard plates are fashioned pierced with circles and triangles. The pommel is cone shaped with an integral button on top. The tops of the three arms of the guard are secured under a lip which extends around the pommel base. The grip is made of spirally grooved wood normally mounted with a covering of shagreen and bound with brass wire. The Highland Regiments gave up their swords for enlisted men in 1784 when production of this sword type ceased. The sword described here is a representative example. The grip is covered with shagreen and bound with plaited wire and mounted with Turks' Heads top and bottom. Much of the scaling of the shagreen has worn off. Overall the hilt and blade display a russet patination. The single edged blade has a fuller running underneath the blunt back edge and is 30.25 inches (77 cm) long. The overall length of the sword is 36.5 inches (93 cm). At first sight this sword appears to have an unmarked blade. However, examination reveals a slight depression on both sides where the stamp has been purposely erased. The photographs below show an example of the crown stamp used by both Jeffreys and Drury on a different sword, this one is by IEFRIS (Jeffreys). Also shown is a close-up of the depression on the blade of this sword showing where a fragment of the top of the crown on one side has survived erasure. This is easily matched by comparison with the full mark and shows that the full stamp was once there. The sword is not unique in possessing this depression on the blade where the crown mark once was sited. But it is a rare feature. The most reliable explanation is that a number of these swords fell into American hands during the Revolutionary War and the British associations were removed from the blades before the swords were used against the British by the American army. For a full discussion of these defaced swords see Stuart C Mowbray, “Two Dru Drury Basket-Hilted Swords for Revolutionary War Scottish Regiments”, Man at Arms, Vol 45, No 6, December 2023. The original research in this paper details the capture by the Americans of a large number of these swords. The 71st Regiment of Foot, Fraser’s Highlanders, was comprised of two battalions, raised in Scotland in 1775. The Regiment left Scotland in April 1776 aboard several ships headed for North America. The convoy was scattered by a storm and four ships ended up near Boston with the sailors unaware that the city had been abandoned by the British. The four ships and the Highlanders on board were captured with their provisions including around 400 of their swords which were taken ashore and defaced. Due to the date of this incident it is almost certain that the swords were made by Drury. Also for general reading on the sword type see Anthony D Darling, Swords for the Highland Regiments 1757 – 1784, Mowbray Incorporated, 1988. And for other examples see Cyril Mazansky, British Basket-Hilted Swords, Boydell Press / Royal Armouries, 2005, pages 129 to 130. And John Wallace, Scottish Swords and Dirks, Arms and Armour Press, 1970, fig 42, for a sword in the National Museums of Scotland, collection reference LA 27.

Nation : British
Local Price : £2950

Click and use the code >24764 to search for this item on the dealer website Simply Wonderful Original Trojan War Period Full Length Bronze Sword Blade 28.75 Inches Long Circa 1200 B.C.Archean Greeks, the Mycenean Greeks, The Trojans & The Hitites. From The Warring Times Of Menalaus King of Sparta & King Agamemnon

Nation : Dutch
Local Price : £2950

Click and use the code >23161 to search for this item on the dealer website Very Good, Original, 1640&#acute;s English Civil War Officer´s Mortuary Hilted Back Sword. The Most Iconic Sword of 17th Century England & Used During Most Devisive Period of British History.

Nation : Portuguese
Local Price : $2895.00

Scarce Portuguese Cuphilt Rapier/Broadsword, Mid-17th C. Featuring iron hemispherical cup guard with abruptly down-turned edge; the edge with double line border. Thick, straight quillons with lobed finials and turned details; knuckle guard decorated ensuite and screwed to the faceted urn-shaped pommel, with small button. Turned hardwood grip (never had wrap) with four central horizontal lines and finished with large brass ferrules top and bottom. Broad 31 5/8” (80.3 cm) blade of lens section, with central fuller stamped with “xxx MIN x SINAL x HES(?)” on one side and “xxx EL x SANTISSIMO x CRUCIFICIO xxx” on the other (MY SIGN IS THE MOST HOLY CROSS). Dark patina overall with a number of shallow edge nicks of the type commonly made from blade strikes. This exact sword is pictured and described in “TREASURES OF THE CARIBBEAN”, by Rodney Hilton Brown on page 288. Formerly in the War Museum Collection. This type of sword was typical of those used in the New World, and possibly assembled there using an imported blade. Overall length 38 3/4” (98.5 cm). Note: The technology of blade making was a well-guarded secret, which was generally unknown to those residing in the New World, and because of this, there was an active trade of raw blades between the blade-making centers on the European Continent and the ports of the Caribbean and the Americas. The hilts were then often forged by local blacksmiths and mounted with the imported blades. The iron work of these swords tended to be heavier and less refined than their European counterparts. Such swords almost always had wood grips with no wrap, whereas most grips on European swords of this period were wrapped with twisted wire.

Nation : German
Local Price : $5500.00 CAD

GERMAN SWEPT HILT RAPIER. GERMAN SWEPT HILT RAPIER: circa 1590-1610. Passau wolf in the right fuller. 39 ¾” blade, 1 1/8” wide. Very old museum quality wire wrapping on the grip. Very nice dark grey patina overall. Nice original untouched condition. V.G. $5500.00

Nation : British
Local Price : 3995.00 USD

Extremely Rare, Unpublished Dragoon Officer’s Saber By Thomas Gill, C 1785.. Possibly a prototype, experimental or a one off with beautiful, large, cast steel, basket guard and 36” straight blade, bearing “Gill’s Warranted” mark, now worn from many years of polishing. Original fish skin grip with braided brass wire still intact. The uniquely designed basket guard is stunning. It is topped off by a tall pommel with seashell design! If you want one hell of an 18th century British dragoon saber, this is it! Price is firm. Thanks for looking! Be sure to check out our other listings for more rare and important swords! Our direct email address is: [email protected]

Nation : Spanish
Local Price : 3995.00 USD

Rare & Important 17th Century Spanish Cup Hilt Rapier / Backsword!. Here is a very rare and early Spanish cup hilt rapier in "untouched" condition (all original) with a beautifully chiseled hilt! Its gadrooned turban pommel has a tall integral capstan that has never been re-peened (so hilt has some looseness – we like it like that as it only attests to the swords purity). Original wound steel grip wire with alternating bands of twisted copper is intact (a tiny old iron staple secures the loose bottom end on reverse). Both ferrules and even both langets are nicely chiseled en-suite with the rest of hilt. The guard-de-pulvo is also decorated in the form of sun rays. The cross guard and knuckle guard are nicely twisted with button terminals. The edge of the cup is chiseled with rope-work as is the bottom of cup! Its 38“ blade is of the back-sword type (Rigid with spine and sharpened on one side only). A great rarity that allows a sturdy thrust and a slashing cut. It is engraved with a cross and geometric designs on both sides that look very Aztec (some wear). Perhaps the designs were engraved in the Americas after the conquest of the Aztec peoples. Possibly owned by a conquistadore in the New World. We can find no other explanation for this. Whatever the case, this sword is a great rarity as far as Spanish cup hilts go. An old collection inventory number is inside the cup. Details of collection will go to purchaser. Price is firm. Thanks for looking! Be sure to check out our other listings for more great swords! Our direct email address is: [email protected]