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Nation : British
Local Price : £865.00

Kings Own Scottish Borderers Officers Sword. Kings Own Scottish Borderers Officers Sword ER 2 with owner initials W T C Regulation pattern sword with full basket and cross guard, the grip fish skin wire bound. straight broad sword blade with small central fuller, etched with E R 2 crown and regimental badge surrounded by thistle floral design. The blade is not in the best of condition with staining but all etching visible. It is complete with field service scabbard. Notes: The Regiment was created in 1689 as a crisis measure for the defence of Edinburgh against the Jacobites and in 2006 became part of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.

Nation : British
Local Price : £865.00

British 1796 Troopers Cavalry Sword. British 1796 Troopers Cavalry Sword curved blade with large fuller each side and stamped with a small crown over broad arrow plus large B O and arrow. The hilt regulation stamped 13, the trip has lost the leather and the wood is split please see images. The spine maker marked Thomas Craven and complete with matching scabbard with two loose rings, blade length 32.5 inch

Nation : British
Local Price : £865.00

Scottish Clackmannan Rifles Officers Sword. Victorian Clackmannan Rifle Volunteers Officers Sword in overall good condition, regulation hilt with strung bugle below Victorian crown, chequered pommel with tang button and complete with fish skin grip bound with silver wire. The blade which is excellent engraved with Royal cipher and crown to one side and crown and bugle to the reverse along with Clackmannan Rifle Volunteers and owners family crest and motto SPERO. Maker marked PILLIN Soho and complete with plated steel scabbard with two loose rings. Reference: Swords of the British Army Revised Edition Page 160¨ Blade Length: 89cm¨ Overall Length: 105cm

Nation : British
Local Price : £865.00

British Army Brass Hilted Sidearm. Very similar to a British Army Hospital Corps Sword c 1861 slightly curved blade with flat back and narrow top fuller however maker marked Enfield with GR and crown. It has been indicated to me that these were initially issued for use by Coast Guard c 1800 and later re-issued to the British Army in 1861 from surplus stock, adopted as a sword to be carried by British Army Hospital Corp Privates Brass hilt with side guard and cast ribbed grip overall length 29.5 inch the blade 25 inch

Nation : British
Local Price : £865.00

Victorian 18th Hussars 1821 Light Cavalry Officers Sword by Wilkinson. British Victorian 1821 Light Cavalry Officers Sword by Wilkinson Sword London number 21143, in good condition regulation 3 bar hilt with cheered pommel and fish skin grip. Slightly curved blade etched with Wilkinson details and owner initials, the sword is sold with a copy of Wilkinson register but very hard to confirm the name possibly Frederick T. Miles, 18th Hussars. Complete with matching steel scabbard. Overall length 104cm the blade 88.5cm for reference please see Swords of the British Army Revised Plate 78

Nation : -
Local Price : 1,175.00 USD

RARE, PROBABLY UNIQUE, EXPERIMENTAL HEAVY CAVALRY SWORD C.1820. Produced for one of the major powers, perhaps Saxony, during the rearming after the Napoleonic Wars. During that period, virtually all of the major world powers analyzed their weapons based on performance during the past war and sought to modernize them based on their experience. Many drew directly on French models and adopted them as standard. This example responds directly to the controversy over the use of heavy cavalry which resulted in renewed popularity of lancers. Cavalry swords, including our own through the Civil War, were used as concussion weapons, able to inflict traumatic wounds cracking bones and flesh without cutting as such. The closing velocity of the cavalry charge approached 60 miles per hour and a sword which cut would be embedded in its victim and lost to its owner. This example attempts to improve on the first impact while preserving the ability to counter strike, by reversing the section of the blade. It has a 35 ½” curved blade with forward (convex) back edge (thick) and the inner curve sharp. The tip is clipped in the Eastern European/Ottoman taste. The faces are slightly concave section and the root is struck with a crisp ordnance mark verifying that it was made in a military arsenal. The hilt is substantial, but quite simple, similar to Starr production and the wood grip scales snap into the grips, probably originally covered in oil cloth or leather. Very rarely, including some Swedish officer's swords, are curved double edged blades encountered. This is the only curved inner edged blade we have ever seen. The ordnance mark is crisp and clear and should allow for identification to the country of its origin.

Nation : British
Local Price : £850.00

British Crimean War Royal Engineer Drivers Sabre. 1850. #2504003. This is a very rare British Crimean War (1853-1856), Royal Engineer driver’s sabre made by Schnitzler & Kirschbaum of Solingen in 1850.At the outbreak of the Crimean War, the Board of Ordnance felt it necessary to equip Royal Engineer wagon drivers with a sword, and as a matter of expediency, purchased sabres originally made for, and recently trialled by the Prussian monarch, Frederick William IV, Guard Hussar Regiment. The sabres bear both the Prussian monarch’s ownership marks and the inspection stamps of British Board of Ordnance inspectors based in Liege.The 888mm (35 inch) curved blade has a broad fuller below a flat spine and terminates in a spear point. The blade has a 220mm upper false edge. The blade is in excellent condition, retaining its unsharpened factory edge. The spine is stamped with the crowned FW cypher of Frederick William IV and the date mark for 1850 above an inspection mark.The ricasso is stamped with the Schnitzler & Kirschbaum maker’s logo and a crowned, British Board of Ordnance Liege inspector’s mark. The forte bears a later inverted arrows, sold out of service mark. These sabres had a short working life and were removed from British service after the Crimean War. Dress regulations for artillery and engineer drivers published in 1855 state that they were to bear no arms of any kind, so it would seem that the provision of these sabres was solely for used during the conflict in the Crimea.The large barred guard is in great condition and consists of a narrow, flattened knuckle bow and a rounded side bar joined by a broader, flattened bar. The guard also has a solid, demi-oval thumb guard and a rear facing quillon. The smooth backstrap incorporates “ears” that are riveted through the wooden grip. The ridged hardwood grip is in great condition retaining its original covering and the blade is firm in the hilt. The front of the guard bears Prussian inspection marks and the letters, K. G.The sabre is complete with its original scabbard with twin suspension rings. The steel scabbard is in good condition with cleaned, shallow pitting. The top of the scabbard bears the British inverted arrows, sold out of service mark and the shoe is stamped with the S&K maker’s mark. The sword sheathes and draws smoothly and is held firmly within the scabbard.This is a great example of a very rare British sword supplied exclusively to Royal Engineer wagon drivers during the Crimean War.

Nation : French
Local Price : £850.00

Italian 1855 Model Sabre. Designed by the Turin-based sword maker Francesco Gravier in co-operation with the royal arms factory, this sword would become an iconic sword of Italy’s unification period military. Taking influence from earlier military patterns, it would remain in service until 1888.82cm long, 94cm overall and 3cm wide at the shoulders, the double fuller extends the length of the blade and it is engraved with stands of arms and the initials D DThe sword and handle are solid with no movement, and the blade and scabbard are free from marks or pitting.