19th/20th Century Plains Indian Knife & Tacked Brass Leather Sheath

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A very fine and original 19th/20th Century Plains Indian Knife & Tacked Brass Leather Sheath.  With wooden multi-riveted handled butcher’s knife and distinctive thick brown leather scabbard with numerous brass tacks to one side.  These knives and scabbards were particularly associated with the Blackfoot tribe of Alberta, Canada and Montana, in the United States.  Scabbard is specially designed with a separate carrying handle – this seems to be a particular style associated with these Indian tribal knives.  The knife is sharpened to one edge and double-edged towards the point.

Knife and scabbard in excellent condition

Condition of the knife and scabbard is very good and the leather is still stiff and strong.  All the original stitching remains and is in good condition – no loss.  The knife also retains most of the original darkened finish to the blade.  Length of the blade is 10 inches (15.5 inches overall).  Length of the scabbard is 16 inches.  A very fine piece.  These knives are quite scarce and seldom found in this condition.

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Scottish Highland Light Infantry NCO’s Piper’s Brooch

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A large Scottish Highland Light Infantry NCO’s Piper’s Brooch.  This would have been worn by a senior NCO Piper and worn with a wide baldric across the shoulder.  The brooch is made from polished white metal and gilt pressed brass.  The badge comprises numerous battle honours that range from the Napoleonic Wars through to the Boer War.

Regimental badge of the Highland Light Infantry to centre of badge

The white metal badge in the middle is the regimental badge of the Highland Light Infantry and has a King’s crown that dates it post-Victorian and probably mid-20th Century.  The brooch still retains its original pin to the reverse.  Condition is excellent throughout.  Diameter is 3.75 inches.

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British WW1 Vickers Machine Gun Clinometer

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An excellent example of a British WW1 Vickers Machine Gun Clinometer.  This one looks to be completely unissued and retains all of its original green paint finish.  It is dated to 1916 and maker marked.  The clinometer was used for sighting long range fire or a fixed line of fire for a Vickers .303 inch machine gun. The top of the clinometer sight contains a spirit level and at each end there is a brass and steel winder that can depress or elevate the clinometer from minus twenty degrees to plus twenty degrees. The brass scale is graded in five degree units. A dove tailed black painted steel base plate has been fitted to allow attachment to a Vickers machine gun.

Comes complete with dated 1918 leather carrying case

It comes complete with a thick leather carrying case that is dated to 1918 on the reverse.  The dimensions of the clinometer is 5.5 in length.

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Grantown Strathspey & Craigellachie Volunteers Shoulder Belt Plate

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A super rare Scottish Napoleonic Grantown Strathspey & Craigellachie Volunteers Shoulder Belt Plate.  This was carried by a volunteer in a Scottish Fencible regiment.  The Fencible regiments were raised as a direct result of the perceived threat of invasion by the newly resurgent revolutionary France and were seen as a kind of Home Guard.   The Grant or Strathspey Fencibles were raised in 1793 after the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars and was predominantly a Highland regiment.  The regiment was raised by Sir James Grant of Grant.  The regiment are notorious for have mutinied in 1795 when the Highlanders erroneously believed that they were going to be forced to serve outside of Scotland.  For a more detailed account of the regiment and the Fencible regiments in general, please go to here.

Shoulder belt plate in good condition

Decoration to the plate includes a royal crown, Scottish thistle and English rose.  There is also a flaming(?) coronet above.  The shoulder belt plate is in good condition with some consequent age wear to the engraving.  With good age patina to the rear.  Height of the plate is just over 3 inches.

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Australian Named WW1 KIA Officer’s Military Club Pass

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An Australian Named WW1 KIA Officer’s Military Club Pass.  This was owned by Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Saltren-Willett of the Royal Garrison Artillery (1st Anzac Heavy Artillery).  He was killed in action on October 11th 1917 in Flanders on the Western Front.  Have not researched his full military career but believe that he was commanding officer of the 66th Heavy artillery Group.  The paperwork that comes with the item also makes mention of two Mention in Despatches.  He was killed at the age of 51 which would have been quite unusual at that time and is buried at the Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery in Belgium.

Killed in action at the age of 51

The ivory pass has the monogram of the Royal Garrison Artillery to one side and the owner’s name to the reverse.  Condition is excellent – is a completely unique piece and important to the collector of Australian military artifacts.

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Nationalist Irish Volunteers Hallmarked 1936 Silver Cloak Badge

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A super rare Nationalist Irish Volunteers Hallmarked 1936 Silver Cloak Badge.  The Irish Volunteers  was a military organisation established in 1913 by Irish nationalists and was a direct response to the formation of the Ulster Volunteers in 1912.  Its declared primary aim was “to secure and maintain the rights and liberties common to the whole people of Ireland”.  The Volunteers included members of the Gaelic League, Ancient Order of Hibernians and Sinn Féin.  The Irish Volunteers fought for Irish independence in the 1916 Easter Rising, and were joined by the Irish Citizen Army, to eventually form the Irish Republican Army (IRA).

Solid silver hallmarked for Dublin, 1936

This badge is likely to have been carried by a former member of the Irish Volunteers and worn in commemoration of their service.  Is solid silver and comprises a well detailed Irish harp with the letters “I” and “V” to either side.  It has the original hallmarks that date it to 1936 (J & M Co., Dublin).  With a thick silver attachment chain.  Lovely piece.  Diameter of the badge is 1.5 inches.

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Belgian Model 1916 Long-Bladed Bayonet and Scabbard

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This is the Belgian Model 1916 Long-Bladed Bayonet and Scabbard that was manufactured for the Model 1889 Mauser Rifle and would have been carried by Belgian troops during WW1 and afterwards.  When Belgian was occupied by German forces in 1914, production of the rifle was moved to both France (Paris) England and America.  These bayonets were very much products of the shortages prevalent towards end of the First War and overall finish is simple and rough, particularly the blade – that is exactly how they were made.

Cruciform-type blade and tubular scabbard

With wooden slab grips attached by steel screws.  Cruciform-type blade with small oval manufacturing stamp to the forte.  Complete with steel tubular scabbard.  Blade length is 17.5 inches (22.5 inches overall).

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US WW1 Model 1917 Winchester Bayonet and Scabbard

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A very good US WW1 Model 1917 Winchester Bayonet and Scabbard.  The condition of the bayonet is exceptional and it retains all the original blueing to the hilt and bayonet mounts and importantly, the parkerising to the  blade.

Winchester bayonets far scarcer than Remingtons

These bayonets were also produced by Remington in much larger quantities and it is far harder to locate a Winchester example.  The blade forte is stamped with the date of 1917 and the Winchester “W” within an oval.  To the reverse is a US Army Ordnance mark of a flaming grenade, “US” and sold out of service (?) X mark.  Many of these bayonets found their way over to Britain during  WW2 where they were carried by the Home Guard – this might be one of them.  The bayonet comes complete with a black leather scabbard.  Blade length is 17 inches (22 inches overall).

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German 17th Century Executioner’s Beheading Sword

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An original and very rare German 17th Century Executioner’s Beheading Sword.  These swords were designed primarily to decapitate criminals and would have been wielded with two hands.  The use of a sword designed specifically for executions became more prominent in the 16th Century.  Previously, decapitations would have utilised a regular longsword. The heyday of the beheading sword was the 17th Century and they were widely used throughout Europe, most notably, Germany.  Interestingly, England tended to stick with the axe the weapon of choice for executioners.  This sword is an excellent example with the typical double-sided and wide blade.

Blade engraved with symbolic designs

It is engraved with symbolic designs, including a gallows and orb of justice.  There is also the running wolf mark of Passau, Solingen, indicating a German-made blade.  The hilt is interesting and comprises short, twisted quillons with rounded finials and a very unusual pommel fashioned from a stylised Turk’s head.  The use of a Turk’s head was quite common at this time, especially when taking into account the perceived and actual danger from the Ottoman Empire.  At the end of the blade is a short run of teeth which I assume would have been used to saw off any “dangly bits” that hadn’t been taken off by the swing of the executioner’s blade!  The ribbed wooden grip looks to be original and in fine shape.  Blade length is 34 inches (42 inches overall).  These swords are exceptionally rare and expensive in the market – this example is priced well under the normal market price and would make an excellent investment.

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Pair of Antique 19th Century Polychrome Teracotta Nubian Figures

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Excellent pair of Antique 19th Century Polychrome Teracotta Nubian Figures.  These handpainted figures were produced at the end of the 19th Century and into the early part of the 20th Century.  They are normally described as Nubian or exotic African figures although to my eye these look more like North African or Arabic – I think that the term “Nubian” was a generic term for all African figures at that time.

Both figures represented as water carriers

The pair of figures are represented as water carriers and each one has been painted in great detail, with close attention paid to their traditional costumes.  They both stand on idealised plinths.  Condition of the figures is very good for their age although I would suspect that they have probably undergone some restoration during their lifetimes as is normal with this fragile material.  Due to their large size, they would both make impressive display figures.  Height of each figure is 27 inches.  Due to their considerable weight and size, appropriate shipping charges have been applied although you are most welcome to collect!

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Scottish C.1900’s Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Skean Dubh Dagger

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An original Scottish C.1900’s Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Skean Dubh Dagger.  These military dress daggers were normally kept in the officer’s sock and tended to be worn in conjunction with a matching regimental dirk at the belt.  This is a military skean dubh style that was common in Scottish infantry regiments during the late-19th and early 20th Century.  The skean dubh became particularly popular with Scottish military regiments in the British Army during the 19th Century, especially after the Scottish Revivalism period in the early to mid-19th Century.  They are still worn by Scottish Highland officers in the British Army to this day.  With typical chequered bogwood grip and white metal regimental motif to the grip.  The hilt mounts are formed into a distinctive geometric pattern with a large pommel button.

White metal decorative mounts to skean dubh

White metal mounts to hilt and leather scabbard.  The blade with single fuller and grooved spine.  Blade with some age wear – is good to find this skean dubh with its original scabbard as many were lost over time.  Blade length is 3.75 inches (7.25 inches overall).

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English C.1770 Naval Officer’s Hanger Sword

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A very good example of a English C.1770 Naval Officer’s Hanger Sword.  This is the type of short hanger popular with English naval officers at the end of the 18th Century and comprises a staghorn grip, brass pommel and brass slotted hilt.

Distinctive slotted hilt

The slotted hilt was a common sword hilt style at this time and you also see them on English infantry swords of the period.  The blade is typically plain and double-edged.  Condition of the sword is excellent – is in remarkable condition for its great age.  Blade length is 22 inches (27 inches overall).

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British Napoleonic Light Cavalry Trooper’s Sword

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A non-regulation British Napoleonic Light Cavalry Trooper’s Sword.  Of a style similar to the 1788 Pattern Light Cavalry Trooper’s Sword but with an unusual ribbed horn grip.  The hilt has brass mounts including a plain backstrap and double langet.  This style of “hussar” sword was also carried by a number of a nations during the Napoleonic Wars, including France, German states and North and Eastern European countries.

Double-fullered blade

Blade is plain, double-fullered and typical of a trooper’s sword from this period.  It is also double-edged towards the point.  Condition of the sword is good for its age – the blade has dark age patina with some light pitting and both hilt and blade are rock solid – no movement.  No scabbard. Blade length is 32 inches (38 inches overall).

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German North European Napoleonic Heavy Cavalry Officer’s Sword

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A very good and scarce German North European Napoleonic Heavy Cavalry Officer’s Sword.  This is a fine example of a late-18th and early 19th Century cavalry officer’s sword with brass, three-bar hilt and grip wrapped in black leather and bound with copper twistwire.  The hilt style is reminiscent of contemporary French cavalry swords but I believe that this sword is probably German or North European in origin.  The blade is etched with a rampant lion within a shield and royal crown to top.  This motif is similar to Bavarian royal motifs so this is a distinct possibility.

Blade is etched with stands of trophies and foliage.

The blade is also etched with stands of trophies and foliage.  Condition of the sword is excellent, especially the grip.   Both blade and hilt are rock solid no movement.  Outstanding piece.  No scabbard.  Blade length is 34 inches (39 inches overall).

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English C.1770 Infantry Officer’s Sword and Scabbard

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A rarely encountered English C.1770 Infantry Officer’s Sword and Scabbard.  It is virtually unheard of to find these swords with their original leather and brass mounted scabbards due to their inherent fragility – most will have been lost over the last 250 years and it is a bonus to have the two together and in good shape.  This sword is of a type that was very common during the latter half of the 18th Century, particularly the American Revolutionary War.

Brass boat shell hilt and pas de ane

Comprises brass boat shell hilt with double quillons and pas de ane.  The grip is bound with its original copper twistwire and banding.  Pommel is of typical period ovoid form.  The blade is blade and double-edged with a central median ridge.  The scabbard is made from stitched leather (original stitching) and has a large brass locket and incised brass chape.  There is a repair below the locket but apart from that the scabbard is in remarkable shape for its age.  Blade length is 30 inches (37 inches overall).

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French Napoleonic Hussar Officer’s Cavalry Sword

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A good and scarce example of a French Napoleonic Hussar Officer’s Cavalry Sword.  This is a complete sword with typical hussar-type brass stirrup hilt.  It appears to be bound with thick wire – was probably originally copper that has now been painted over with black paint – could be removed.  The blade is in excellent shape and comprises attractive blue and gilt decoration including stands of trophies, foliage and geometric lozenges.

Complete with original iron and brass mounted scabbard

The sword comes complete with a black painted brass and iron mounted scabbard.  It is rare to find these French Napoleonic hussar officers’ swords complete with their original scabbards.  Overall condition is very good for its age – throat mount missing.  Blade length is 32.5 inches (38 inches overall).

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North African 19th Century Flyssa Sword and Dagger

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A scarce and early North African 19th Century Flyssa Sword and Dagger.  These very distinctive swords are particularly associated with tribes in Algeria and comprises a long steel blade inlaid with brass inserts.  The spine of the blade is also deeply inlaid with brass decoration.  The hilt has an animal-head brass pommel with inlaid brass motifs to the grip.  The blade has a slightly curved, yataghan-type profile.

Complete with matching dagger

The sword also comes complete with a matching brass and steel-bladed dagger.  Condition of both sword and dagger is good for its age, with some consequent wear to both pieces that is usually found with these antique Flyssas.  Blade length for the sword is 29 inches (33.5 inches overall) and the dimensions of the dagger has a blade length of 10 inches (15 inches overall).

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English 18th/19th Century Silver Mounted Knife and Scabbard

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An interesting English 18th/19th Century Silver Mounted Knife and Scabbard.  This is a fine combination of a silver and staghorn mounted hilt with clip-pointed blade.  The knife comes complete with an attractive tooled leather scabbard.  The hilt is from the early 18th Century and of a type associated with English hunting hangers of the period.

Early Victorian blade

The blade is early Victorian and is maker marked to W.T. Wigg and Sons of Sheffield, England.  The scabbard is typical of the eighteenth century and is seen on swords of the period.  Because of their inherent fragility, very few survive.  Blade with patches of pitting.  Blade length is 14.5 inches (19 inches overall).

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French 19th Century Tricolour Military Spirit Barrel

 

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Highly unusual French 19th Century Tricolour Military Spirit Barrel.  It probably held brandy or a spirit and was issued to troops in the field and carried whilst they were on campaign.  The barrel is in excellent condition with iron coopered hoops bound around the barrel.  The barrel has also been painted in the national colours of France and all the paintwork is original.

Few examples have survived

Retains original stopper and wooden tap – also the metal carrying loops to each end.  Great piece – very few of these items have survived due to their fragility.  The barrel measures 7 inches in length and 4.5 inches in diameter.  Would make a great display piece for a collector of French militaria.

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English C.1770 Infantry Officer’s Sword

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A very fine and scarce English C.1770 Infantry Officer’s Sword from the late-18th Century.  This sword has a very elegant hilt design with am oval gadrooned pommel and prominent tang button.  The incised hilt guard is of boat shell type with swollen quillon.  There are a couple of similar examples (including an American silver-hilted version) featured in George C. Neumann’s, Swords and Blades of the American Revolution, pages 132 and 135.

Sword grip with copper bands and twistwire

The grip is made up of copper bands and twistwire and the knucklebow is slightly swollen and of D-Guard profile.  The plain blade has a raised median ridge and is deeply engraved with the letters, “R + L”.  I would assume that this probably refers to the maker.  Condition of the sword is excellent, especially the hilt and the blade has some consequent age wear.  Blade length is 32 inches (38.5 inches overall).

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