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Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £1425

Click and use the code >24455 to search for this item on the dealer website Most Interesting Late Edo Japanese Gilt Lacquer Wooden Sword and Samurai Artifact Folding Display Stand. Decorated with Hand Painted Cranes and Bamboo

Nation : German
Local Price : 20,000 kr

German type Blucher saber for officer w/1811.

Nation : British
Local Price : £1,400.00

East India Company Officers Pistol. A good British East India Company New Land Pattern Flintlock Pistol 1802. 23cm barrel and .65in calibre, the flat butt-plate and lanyard ring are unique to the East India Company pattern and this style of stock remained the basis of all subsequent pistols in Company service. Various proof stamps to the barrel, and it is stamped AOX-223-EX-73. The lock is in good working order holding at both full and half cock. It is engraved with the East India Company Rampant Lion and arsenal mark, a crown over 3. The metal has a slight patina to it but is otherwise in excellent conditionDuring the Napoleonic Wars the British Government began to rely heavily upon the British privately owned gun trade and between 1804 and 1817 a total of 1,827,889 muskets, rifles, carbines, and pistols were manufactured for the Government alone. 3,037,644 barrels and 2,879,203 locks were made and delivered to London for assembly, and around 1,000,000 items were also delivered to the East India Company, who fought alongside the British forces. This type of pistol is known to have been carried by officers of the East India Company.23cm barrel and .65in calibre of the earlier patterns. The flat butt-plate and lanyard ring are unique to the East India Company pattern and this style of stock remained the basis of all subsequent pistols in Company serviceVarious proof stamps to the barrel, and it is stamped AOX-223-EX-73

Nation : American
Local Price : £1395

Click and use the code >25490 to search for this item on the dealer website Superb Original US Civil War Cavalry Sabre By Roby, Chelmsford Mass. Dated 1864 Identical to General George Armstrong Custer´s Cavalry Sabre, An 1864 Roby Contract Sword, Inspected by AGM For Custer´s Wolverines. Possibly Made For The Michiga

Nation : British
Local Price : £1,395.00

British Steel Hilted 1857 Pattern Royal Engineers Sword. Battlefield Provenance. #2407008. A rare and much sought after steel hilted variant of the 1857 pattern Royal Engineers sword bearing an heirloom fighting blade made by Henry Wilkinson in 1854. This fighting sword was the property of Major Mortimer Durant Whitmore of the Royal Engineers. The swords’ scabbard sustained damage from a bullet strike during an engagement with the Beja in Northern Sudan in 1882.British forces occupied Egypt in 1882 to safeguard the Suez Canal and British financial interests. This invasion led to further intervention in the neighbouring Sudan, where British, Egyptian and Indian troops fought two bitter wars against rebellious Islamic tribesmen in hostile desert conditions.The 905mm, single edged blade has a wide fuller on both sides below a flat spine. The slightly curved blade terminates in a spear point. The fighting blade measures 30mm wide at the ricasso and is un-etched. The edge was service sharpened and the blade is double-edged for the final 260mm. The ricasso bears the prestigious brass proof stud of Henry Wilkinson. The spine bears the Wilkinson serial number 5099, dating the blade to 1854, the year that the Wilkinson Sword Co. began marking their swords with serial numbers.The blade is in excellent condition.The steel, acanthus leaf guard is in very good condition. Steel hilted variants of the 1857 pattern are rare. Steel guards were a purchase option at the time of ordering, and a better choice for an active service sword, the steel guard offering better protection than the usual, softer brass guards. The steel back strap and knurled pommel are in good condition with minor age-related patches of tarnish. The shagreen wrapped grip is in good condition and the twisted wire is intact. The blade is firm in the hilt.The sword is complete with its original steel scabbard with two suspension rings. The scabbard is in good condition with a mild age patina and speckles of tarnish. The lower section of the scabbard has an elongated dent and rip as a result of a bullet strike. The sword is accompanied by a hand written label (written by Major M. D. Whitmore) stating that “My sword saved me serious injury to my leg, having an encounter with the Hadendra Beja in the Sudan.” The sword sheathes and draws smoothly and is held firmly within the scabbard.This is a great example of a rare, steel hilted Royal Engineers sword with battlefield provenance and an early Wilkinson serial numbered blade.Mortimer Durant Whitmore. Lieutenant, 13-1-1869; Captain, 1-7-1881; Major, 1-4-1888. War Service: Egypt, 1882. Died at Deal, Kent on 29-8-1892.

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £1,395.00

Early WW2 C1939-1940 Japanese Officer’s Type 98 Shin Gunto Seki Arsenal Katana Sword With Smith Signed Tang ‘SEKI JU KAWASAKI NAGA MITSU SAKU’ Scabbard With Leather Field Service Cover & Expert Assessment. Sn 22124 -. An original early Ww2 Japanese Officer’s Type 98 Sword with smith 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 army officer’s sword with Honoki wood saya, leather covered for field service, in good used condition, one ashi suspension ring. Tsuba standard gunto pattern brass. With couple of seppa. Tsuka hilt with gunto brass fittings and copper menuki. Missing its sarute cord loop. Fish skin complete & bound in light brown Ito, clean condition. The blade is a reasonable quality Showa To None traditional made using scrap iron or bar stock, hand worked and oil quenched to produce a nioi crystal edged temper line hamon. Signed by its maker ‘SEKI (City) JU (Living In) KAWASAKI (Family Name) NAGA MITSU (Art Name) SAKU (Made This)’. Born in 1906 worked as a gunto army smith (see Fuller & Gregory books page No.61 List 293. And Markus Sesko book on Japanese sword smiths page 249 for this man. Blade is in original polish (bright) with scuff marks & scratches after 80 yrs of carry & use. A nice example of an Officer’s sword made circa 1938-39”. In his illustrations Bill translates the tang signature, identifies a partial seki arsenal mark. He measures the cutting edge as just under 65.5 cms, total length 856 cms and describes other blade and tang measurements & characteristics which can be seen in image 2. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 22124

Nation : Spanish
Local Price : £1395

Click and use the code >24593 to search for this item on the dealer website Fabulous Solid Silver Mounted ´Naval´ Captain or Admirals Sword, Near Matching Admiral Don Francisco Xavier Winthuysen´s Sword, That Was Surrendered to Commodore Nelson at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797

Nation : Japanese
Local Price : £1,375.00

**MINT**WW2 Kai Gunto Japanese Navy Officer’s Tachi Sword With Tai Sabi Ko Stainless Steel Blade Smith Signed ‘MITSU NAGA SAKU’ & Toyokowa Naval Arsenal Anchor Mark, Scarce Scabbard & Expert Assessment. Sn 21448 -. This sword has been assessed by a UK based Japanese sword expert Bill Tagg. His assessment accompanies this piece. In exerts from the assessment he states “Kai Gunto Navy officer’s tachi with a type of Tai Sabi Ko stainless steel blade developed for the Navy, made in the Toyokawa Naval Arsenal. Tachi swords have 2 ring hangers. This is late war after 1943. Signed by an obscure smith ‘Mitsu Naga Saku (made this). Only a couple of mentions of him, real name Noguchi Heiichi, born 1918 worked as a gunto smith see Markus Sesko book on smiths page 135. Also in Fuller & Gregory books. In practically mint condition. Saya has scarce black leather cover over honoki wood. Saya has been wrapped in sacking then black lacquered, a hard item to find now. Tsuba is steel, oval shaped blackened with 2 small seppa, not O seppa with sunrays found on earlier swords. Tsuka late war quality, blackened steel mounts & menuki. Wood wrapped in sacking and painted black simulating fish skin. A flat Navy wrapped ito (cotton). Very good condition and a good example of its type”. In his illustrations he translates the Smith signature as above and identities the navy arsenal mark and notes Arsenal assembly ink marks. He describes the cutting edge length as 63 cms and the overall length as 84.5 cms. He also describes other blade characteristics and measurements which can be read in the images. The price for this nicely marked Japanese WW2 Naval Officer’s sword with expert assessment includes UK delivery. Sn 21448