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Nation : American
Local Price : $1895.00

US M1840 Foot Officer’s Sword. While the M1840 NCO sword is quite common, the officer's version is far more scarce, as it was superceded by the M1850 Foot Officer's and Staff and Field Officer's models in 1851. After that time, it was generally carried only by generals and there is a well-known photograph with Union General Ambrose Burnside carrying this model during the Civil War. That exact same sword sold at auction recently for over $40,000. While of comparable quality and condition, the sword offered here unfortunately has no inscription or provenance to link it with a specific officer. There was a great deal of variation in this model, as each one was individually purchased. The model follows the basic style of the M1840 NCO sword in that it has a straight single-fullered blade and a cast brass hilt featuring straight single quillon, D-guard knuckle bow, cast brass simulated wire grip, and plain shell guards. The sword offered here differs in that the pommel and knuckle bow have raised floral decoration, the counter guard folds (as do some examples of the NCO sword), the grip is silver-plated, the 32 3/8″ blade is lightly etched with floral decoration and stands of arms, with “E Pluribus/ Unum” in script (etching worn), and the scabbard is brass. Scabbard features engraved acanthus decoration and a wrigglework border, with twin carrying rings (some examples had three) and decorated frog stud. This example has no drag and possibly never had one or it was intentionally removed, as it is still longer than the blade and shows no signs of having been broken or worn off. Sword in very good condition, as carried in the field, with wear and patches of light pitting on the blade and the guard slightly loose. The scabbard has a number of shallow dents on both sides on the lower half. Brass on hilt and scabbard with a pleasing mustard brown age patina. Overall length 38 5/8″, not including scabbard. The first example of this officer's model we have had in nearly 25 years of business.

Nation : British
Local Price : £1,895.00

Transitional Rapier with Walloon Hilt, Very Fine. (Ref X3298). A Very Fine Transitional Rapier with Walloon Hilt. 40&157; overall, 34&157; slender blade of flattened hexagonal section merging into diamond form. With a wide tapering pierced fuller stamped with maker´s name ´Meves Berns´. Walloon hilt of chiselled bronze, the knuckle guard, large globular pommel & rear quillon ensuite, flat sided grip bound with blackened copper wire. Circa 1630-50.&194;&160; A high quality officer´s sword in very good condition. Meves Berns was a German/Prussian sword smith. who worked in Solingen between 1590 and 1650. For the bladesmith’s mark see Albert Weyersberg,&194;&160;Solinger Schwertschmiede Des 16. Und 17. Jahrhunderts Und Ihre Erzeugnisse..., 1926, p. 11, figs. 6 &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; &194;&160; Images courtesy of West Street Antiques (https://antiquearmsandarmour.com/)

Nation : Chinese
Local Price : £1895

Click and use the code >23315 to search for this item on the dealer website Rare & Beautiful Antique Burmese High Status Noble&#acute;s Silver Sword, With Silver Inlaid Blade

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £1895

Click and use the code >25390 to search for this item on the dealer website Great Opportunity To Acquire A Most Beautiful & Stunning 4th/9th Ghurkha, 16th Brigade, ´Chindit´ Officer´s Japanese Combat War Trophy. A Japanese Officer´s Shingunto Sword, Signed by Kanenori, and Dated 1944.

Nation : British
Local Price : 2,450.00 USD

ENGLISH SILVER HILTED SMALLSWORD C.1757-8. Attributed to Joseph Bell, London with IB mark along with London hallmarks and date mark on the knuckle bow. Nicely dished near symmetrical shell guards and spherical pommel. The entire hilt nicely decorated in scrolling foliage in various arrangements. Silver wire wrapped grip. 32 1/4" heavy fighting blade shows uniform frosty light to slightly heavier pitting. Hilt well preserved, the quillon with crack or repair. Knuckle bow bent but undamaged.

Nation : Spanish
Local Price : 2,450.00 USD

SPANISH TRANSITIONAL RAPIER, EARLY 18TH CENTURY. 33 3/8” flattened diamond section blade with line bordered narrow fuller to the forte. Gilt brass hilt with heart-shaped guard and straight cross guard with curved counter guards. The tang within the guard is encased in a gilt sleeve in the Spanish taste. Swelled knuckle bow and ridged inverted pear-shaped pommel. The hilt with about 90% original fire gilt finish. The guard retains nearly all the gold with original amalgam brush marks visible. Intricate copper wire wrapped grip the upper half inch raveled with small loss and secured with glue. Otherwise, it is untouched with great age character. In The Rapier and Smallsword, by A V B Norman, the author dates this hilt form as C.1720 and after. This example dates from the earliest, with the symmetrical and near flat guard, as opposed to the rounded asymmetrical section found in later examples.

Nation : Italian
Local Price : £1875

Click and use the code >20468 to search for this item on the dealer website Very Fine, Original, Ancient, Punic War Period Early Roman Republic Era Short Sword, A Gladius Hispaniensis Double Leaf Shaped Blade Circa 2,400 Years Old

Nation : British
Local Price : £1875

Late 17th century English Silver Mounted Hanger with the Maker’s Mark “WL”. An English silver mounted hanger with the maker’s mark “WL”. This is a fine example in unusually good condition. The small mark consists of the letters in raised relief inside a shield with a pellet above and below. So far the mark cannot be attributed to any presently recorded silver hilted sword maker. The nearest candidate is William Lukin recorded as working in London from 1692 to 1755. If this is the maker then the mark, and the hanger, most likely date to before 1697 which is the date of the advent of the Higher, or “Britannia”, Standard for silver, when smiths were required to record a new punch mark bearing the first two initials of their surnames. When the requirements for punch marks changed again in the 18th century makers reverted to recording their initials but in bolder type accompanied by date and hallmark stamps. On this hilt the quillon terminals are stamped as are the base ferrule to the grip and the pommel. This comprehensive marking was also a historic practice by the turn of the century. In the 17th and 18th centuries when swords were a popular weapon for gentlemen, hangers were a robust secondary side arm used for self defense when hunting and travelling. They were also used in parts of the British Army and Navy. Hangers appear in some military portraits of the time. Towards the end of their popular use, they were slimmed down and refined for wear as a gentleman’s fashion accessory. The high quality and expensive hanger described here was most likely a gentleman’s weapon. The cross guard of this sword is comprised of a bold faceted block with horizontal quillons swollen at the vertically counter curved terminals. The grip is of stag antler with a plain ribbed ferrule at its base and scalloped edge. The pommel cap has a ribbed neck beneath with scalloped edge formed in the same manner as the basal ferrule. The plain dome formed on top has a pronounced tang button in the centre. The slightly curved robust single edged blade is just over 16 inches long (40.5 cm). It becomes double edged from just over two thirds of the way along to the tip. The blade is deeply struck on both sides at the forte with a moustachioed King’s head mark on each side. The full length of the hanger is just over 21.5 inches (54.5 cm) long. The hanger is in fine condition. For further information on English silver hilted swords and hangers see Leslie Southwick, “London Silver – Hilted Swords, Their makers, suppliers & allied traders, with directory”, 2001, Royal Armouries. For a very similar example with the maker’s mark of Richard Fuller, circa 1690, see the same publication page 277, plate 18.