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A RARE RUSSIAN DRAGOON OFFICER'S PALLASCH, LATE 18TH CENTURY with broad double-edged blade stamped with two inspector's marks at the forte and with a short rectangular ricasso, regulation brass hilt (small cracks and brazed repairs), including thumb-loop and finely chiselled lionshead pommel, stamped with further inspector's marks on the knuckle-guard and the quillon, leather-covered wooden grip (small losses), in its regulation brass-mounted leather scabbard (broken in two places), the locket incorporating a long belt hook 86.2cm; 34in blade £3500-4500 | Nil |
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4500 |
| 182 | A RARE RUSSIAN DRAGOON PALLASCH, LATE 18TH CENTURY with broad double-edged blade, short rectangular ricasso, regulation brass hilt, including thumb-loop and chiselled lionshead pommel, stamped with inspectors marks on the knuckle-guard (rubbed), leather-covered wooden grip, in its regulation leather-covered wooden scabbard with brass belt hook 86cm; 33 7/8in blade £3000-5000 | Nil |
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3500 |
| 183 | A RUSSIAN NICHOLAS II MODEL 1909 PRESENTATION SHASKA FOR BRAVERY, CIRCA 1894-1904 with slightly curved regulation blade cut with a pair of narrow fullers along the back-edge, engraved with the Imperial cypher and two inspector's marks on one side and the crowned Imperial double eagle on the respective faces, the back-edge with a brief cyrillic inscription, brass stirrup hilt with bravery inscription on the cross-guard, the pommel with the crowned Imperial cypher and with the badge of the Order of St Anne, banded wooden grip, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with regulation brass mounts 73cm; 28 3/4in blade £1500-2000 | Nil |
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2500 |
| 184 | A RUSSIAN NICHOLAS II MODEL 1909 SHASKA, CIRCA 1909-17 with slightly curved blade double-edged at the point, cut with a pair of narrow fullers, engraved with the crowned Imperial cypher and the crowned Imperial eagle on the respective sides at the forte and stamped with inspector's marks, the back-edge with a brief cyrillic inscription, gilt-brass regulation stirrup hilt, the pommel cast with the Imperial cypher, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with regulation brass mounts 74cm; 29 1/8in blade £800-1200 | Nil |
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1200 |
| 185 | A RUSSIAN ALEXANDER II MODEL 1881 OFFICER'S SHASKA, CIRCA 1881 with slightly curved regulation blade cut with a pair of narrow fullers along the back-edge, engraved with the Imperial cypher and crowned Imperial double eagle within a scrollwork panel on the respective sides at the forte, regulation brass stirrup hilt, and later spirally carved grip, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with regulation brass mounts 78cm; 30 3/4in blade £300-400 | Nil |
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1800 |
| 186 | A RUSSIAN ALEXANDER III MODEL 1881 OFFICER'S SHASKA, ZLATOUST, CIRCA 1881-94 with slightly curved regulation blade, etched with scrollwork, Zlatoust Arms Manufactory inscription and the Imperial cypher on one side and the crowned Imperial double eagle on the other, regulation brass hilt including cap pommel cast with the Imperial cypher (top plate replaced), and banded horn grip (one small hole), in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with regulation brass mounts 73.5cm; 29in blade £600-800 | Nil |
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2800 |
| 187 | A COSSAK MODEL 1881 SHASKA, DATED 1918 with slightly curved regulation blade stamped with inspector's marks, arsenal inscription and the date at the forte, regulation brass hilt, spirally carved hardwood grip, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with regulation brass mounts and provision for a bayonet (now missing) 86.5cm; 34in blade £800-1200 | Nil |
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1200 |
| 188 | A COSSAK SHASKA, CIRCA 1880 with earlier blade engraved with the date 1834 and Zlatoust arsenal inscription on the back-edge in cyrillic, regulation brass hilt including pierced pommel for a sword knot, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with regulation brass mounts 85cm; 33 1/2in blade £400-600 | Nil |
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1100 |
| 189 | A CAUCASIAN SHASKA, DATED 1899 with curved blade double-edged at the point and cut with a pair of slender fullers along the back-edge, etched with the owners initials 'Z.O.F.' in cyrillic and the date on one side and a further abbreviated inscription on the other, the hilt formed of a pair of dark horn grip-scales, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with a pair of brass rings for suspension 77cm; 30 1/4in blade £400-600 | Nil |
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1000 |
| 190 | A RUSSIAN HUNTING SWORD, ST PETERSBURG, LATE 19TH CENTURY with broad blade formed with a double-edged point, stamped with a mark at the forte including the Imperial double eagle and signed 'Schaf & Sons, St Petersburg' in cyrillic, gilt-brass hilt including a pair of short bud-shaped quillons, down-turned shell-guard decorated with a crowned Imperial double eagle enclosed by a hunting horn, cap pommel, and staghorn grip, in its leather-covered wooden scabbard with gilt brass mounts chased with scrolling foliage on a punched ground 47cm; 18 1/2in £1200-1500 | Nil |
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1200 |
| 191 | A RUSSIAN NICHOLAS II MODEL 1914 DIRK, CIRCA 1914-17 with plain blade of cruciform section, regulation brass hilt including cap pommel decorated with the crowned Imperial cypher, ivorine grip, in its regulation scabbard 38.5cm; 15 1/4in £800-1200 | Nil |
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1300 |
| 192 | A RARE PAIR OF REGULATION PISTOL HOLSTERS, POSSIBLY TULA, CIRCA 1800 each with leather-covered wooden body (patches of wear and crazing), fitted at the top with a compartment for four cartridges covered by a leather flap retained by a buckle (one strap missing, the other detached), with two loops for attaching to the saddle and with brass basal caps each stamped with a mark, possibly Tula, inside 34.5cm; 13 1/2in (2) £800-1000 | Nil |
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800 |
| 193 | A .650 CALIBRE RUSSIAN FLINTLOCK REGULATION HOLSTER PISTOL, TULA, DATED 1804 with tapering sighted barrel stamped with a series of marks including Tula military proof at the breech, grooved tang, stepped bevelled lock inscribed with the date and Tula arsenal inscription, regulation hardwood full stock moulded about the lock and mounts (small chips, worn), regulation brass mounts including spurred pommel and escutcheon engraved with the Imperial cypher of Alexander I (ramrod missing) 45.5cm; 17 7/8in £1500-2000 | Nil |
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1600 |
| 194 | A BELGIAN PERCUSSION MILITARY RIFLE FOR THE RUSSIAN MARKET BY P.J. MALHERBE A LIEGE, CIRCA 1825-40 with rebrowned barrel fitted adjustable back-sight and with later bayonet bar on the right of the muzzle, signed border-engraved back-action lock, figured walnut full stock of regulation type, regulation brass mounts including escutcheon engraved with the crowned Imperial cypher of Nicholas I, butt-plate with the Imperial double eagle and 'no. 903' on the tang, folding patchbox-cover, a pair of steel sling swivels, and with a steel ramrod, perhaps the original 76.5cm; 30 1/8in barrel £1500-2000 | Nil |
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2200 |
| 195 | THE PROPERTY OF A LADY AND A GENTLEMAN BY DIRECT DESCENT FROM THE RECIPIENT A FINE PRESENTATION SWORD TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL THE HONORABLE WILLIAM MONSON, DATED 1802 with curved blade double-edged for its last third, etched in imitation of watering, applied on one face with the gilt presentation inscription and on the other with the owner's blued and gilt monogrammed initials and full crested arms, each side incorporating a long slender blued and gilt panel with stylised key terminals and enriched with a spray of foliage at the forte, gilt-brass stirrup hilt cast and chased in low relief, comprising slender down-curved quillon, ropework quillon-block, knuckle-guard decorated with oak foliage at the top, and lion mask cap pommel, and the grip retaining its original binding of plaited and twisted silver wire, in its fishskin-covered wooden scabbard with large brass mounts comprising finely chiselled locket with the mask of Mercury on each side in high relief, a pair of bands for suspension decorated with lilies and clam shells, and openwork chape decorated with acanthus, and retaining its red silk and bullion sword knot: in its original mahogany case lined in red velvet (the lid now glazed for display), and retaining its original leather belt embroidered with silver wire and with a brass buckle chiselled with a prowling lion 77.5cm; 30 1/2in blade The presentation inscription reads: 'This scymetar [sic] was presented in the year, MDCCCII, to the Honorable Lieutenant Colonel William Monson, by the Non-Commissioned Officers and privates of the LVXXVI, regiment, as a tribute of respect, esteem and gratitude.' William Monson (1760-1807) received a commission into the 52nd Regiment of Infantry in 1780 with which he proceeded to India. He became Captain on 5th August 1785 and took part in the Battle against Tipu Sultan of Mysore. He commanded a Light Company which successfully attacked the southern entrenchment of Seringapatam on 22nd February 1792. Monson remained in India after the peace and became Major in 1795. Two years later he exchanged into the 76th regiment where he became Lieutenant General. In 1803 he was appointed to the command of the first Infantry Brigade at the outbreak of the Mahratta war. He led the storming party at Allyghur on 4th September 1803 where he was severely wounded and incapacitated from field duty for six months. In 1804 he led a force of four thousand natives to keep watch on Jeswunt Rao Holkar who was threatening the British ally the Rajah of Jeypore. When Holkar broke camp and retreated Southwards Monson pursued him against the orders of Lord Lake with the intention of alarming Holkar and disbanding his army. This failed and in the forced retreat the cavalry was annihilated. Monson managed to escape with his infantry but attacks on his force continued and he arrived in Agra on 29th August with only a few hundred of the original force. In spite of this defeat he was again employed by Lake in the final operations against Holkar in Northern India. He acted as second in command to General Fraser on 21st February 1805 and became the chief command when his superior was wounded, from which position Monson wrote a report of the victory to Lord Wellesley. In 1806 he returned to England where he entered parliament and died in Bath the following year. £10000-15000 | Nil |
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16000 |
| 196 | A FINE PRESENTATION SWORD TO ADMIRAL SARTORIUS BY WIDDOWSON & VEALE, SWORD CUTLERS NO 73 STRAND, LONDON, RETAILED BY SALTER, CIRCA 1834 with pipe-backed blade etched over almost its entire surface with the crowned Royal Arms of Portugal, the presentation inscription, and the cutler's details all amidst elaborate scrolls of foliage on one side and further designs of scrolling foliage and trophies enclosing the motto 'Aut Honor Aut Nihil' on the other (areas of wear and pitting, obscured in parts), gilt-brass stirrup hilt comprising quillons formed as a fasces, knuckle-guard as a branch entwined with a snake, a pair of langets chiselled with a deity, the back-strap and pommel formed as a lion's pelt, and finely chequered ivory grip (one small closed crack), in its original wooden scabbard with later velvet-covering, (replaced in its early life), with large gilt-brass mounts cast and chased in low relief with flowers and scrolling foliage on a punched ground, and medallions decorated with the seated figure of Justice, figures from the antique and a classical warrior profile 83.5cm; 32 7/8in blade The inscription reads: PRESENTED TO HIS EXCELLENCY VICE ADMIRAL SARTORIUS LATE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF H. M. F. HIS MAJESTY'S SQUADRON BY A FEW OFFICER'S WHO HAVING SERVED UNDER HIS COMMAND APPRECIATE HIS HIGH HONOR [SIC]COURAGE INDEFATIGABLE EXERTIONS IN THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY Sir George Rose Sartorius (1790-1885) entered the navy in June 1801 and joined the Tonnant in October 1804 under the command of Captain Charles Tyler. He was present in her at the battle of Trafalgar and was sent to the Daphne frigate in 1806, in which he was present at Rio de la Plata. In 1808 he was promoted to be lieutenant of the Success and took part in the defence of Sicily where he commanded the boats in bringing out trading vessels from under heavy fire on shore. The Success was afterwards employed in the defence of Cadiz, and on 1 Feb. 1812 Sartorius was promoted to the rank of commander. On 14 December he was appointed to the Slaney in the Bay of Biscay which was in company with the Bellerophon when Bonaparte surrendered himself on board her. In 1831 Sartorius was engaged by the exiled Regent of Portugal, Dom Pedro, as admiral to command the Portuguese regency fleet against Dom Miguel, and in that capacity obtained some marked successes over the usurper's forces. The difficulties he had to contend with were very great; he was met by factious opposition from the Portuguese leaders; the supplies which had been promised him were not forthcoming, and his men were consequently mutinous or deserted at the earliest opportunity. Sartorius spent much of his own money in keeping them together, and threatened to carry off the fleet as a pledge for repayment. Dom Pedro sent two English officers on board the flagship with authority, one to arrest Sartorius and bring him on shore, the other to take command of the squadron. Sartorius, being warned, made prisoners of both as soon as they appeared on board. Such a state of things, however, could not last; and without regret, in June 1833, Sartorius handed over his disagreeable command to Captain Napier, who, warned by his predecessor's experience, refused to stir till the money payment was secured. All that Sartorius gained was the grand cross of the Tower and Sword, together with the grand cross of St. Bento d'Avis and the empty title of Visconte de Piedade. His name had, meantime, been struck off the list of the English navy, but was restored in 1836. On 21 Aug. 1841 he was knighted, and at the same time appointed to the Malabar, which he commanded in the Mediterranean for the next three years. In 1842 he received the thanks of the president and Congress of the United States for his efforts to save the U.S. frigate Missouri, burnt in Gibraltar Bay. In July 1843 off Cadiz he received on board his ship the regent of Spain, Espartero, driven out of the country by the revolutionary party. The Malabar was paid off towards the end of 1844, and Sartorius had no further service afloat, though he continued through the remainder of his very long life to take great interest in naval matters. As early as 1855 he was said to have proposed to the admiralty to recur to the ancient idea of ramming an enemy's ship; and though the same idea probably occurred to many about the same time, there is little doubt that he was one of the earliest to bring it forward as a practical suggestion. He became a rear-admiral on 9 May 1849, vice-admiral 31 Jan. 1856, admiral 11 Feb. 1861; K.C.B. on 28 March 1865; vice-admiral of the United Kingdom in 1869; admiral of the fleet on 3 July 1869, and G.C.B. on 23 April 1880. He died at his house, East Grove, Lymington, on 13 April 1885, preserving to the last his faculties, and to a remarkable extent his physical energy, joined to a comparatively youthful appearance. He married, in 1839, Sophia, a daughter of John Lamb, and left issue three sons, all in the army, of whom two, Major-general Reginald William Sartorius, and Major-general Euston Henry Sartorius, C.B., won the Victoria Cross; the other, Colonel George Conrad Sartorius, is a C.B. John Salter died in 1834 after which the company was re-established by Widdowson and George Veale (his former shopman and witness to his will) as Widdowson and Veale. £5000-7000 | Nil |
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9000 |
| 197 | A 1796 PATTERN HEAVY CAVALRY TROOPER'S SWORD BY WOOLLEY, DEAKIN AND DUTTON, CIRCA 1810 of regulation specifications, with spear-point blade (the tip with a small chip), up-turned guard, in its steel scabbard 86.4cm; 34in blade Provenance: The Royal House of Hanover, Schloss Marienburg, sold 13th October 2005, lot 3680. These makers are recorded circa 1808-12. £500-700 | Nil |
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1700 |
| 198 | A HEAVY CAVALRY OFFICER'S SWORD, CIRCA 1810 with slightly curved pipe-backed blade with spear point (holed along the pipe-back for 7in), regulation steel hilt with its leather liner, leather-covered grip, in its steel scabbard 87.7cm; 34 1/2in Provenance: The Royal House of Hanover, Schloss Marienburg, sold 13th October 2005, lot 3683. £500-700 | Nil |
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1400 |
| 199 | A VICTORIAN 1845 PATTERN INFANTRY OFFICER'S SWORD BY HAWKES & CO. NO. 3750 of regulation specifications, with etched blade, gilt-brass hilt, in its nickel-plated scabbard and complete with its cover 84cm; 33in blade £150-200 | Nil |
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300 |
| 200 | AN 1846 PATTERN NAVAL OFFICER'S SWORD BY GIEVE, MATTHEWS & SEAGROVE LTD, POST 1902 of regulation specifications, with etched blade, in its scabbard and complete with its sword knot 79.5cm; 31 1/4in blade £200-300 | Nil |
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250 |
| 201 | A GERMAN SABRE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY with slightly curved fullered blade, nickel-plated steel stirrup hilt, in its steel scabbard 81.2cm; 32in blade £40-60 | Nil |
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85 |
| 202 | A VICTORIAN COURT SWORD BY HENRY POOLE & CO. SAVILLE ROW, LONDON with etched blade, gilt-brass hilt cast in low relief, including down-turned shell-guard with crowned VR cypher, in its leather scabbard with engraved gilt-brass mounts and retaining a portion of its sword knot, complete with its buff leather cover 82cm; 32 1/4in blade Provenance Judith Lady Wentworth, Crabbet Park, Sussex £100-150 | Nil |
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340 |
| 203 | A BRASS HILTED SWORD BAYONET, AND FOURTEEN FURTHER BAYONETS, 19th AND 20th CENTURIES the first for a German Rifled carbine with bayonet bar, 18in spear pointed blade, lacking spring to the hilt; along with two Chassepot bayonets; five German WW I bayonets two with scabbards; a bayonet for a Comblain rifle with 20in blade; a Chassepot bayonet with scabbard, and the Chassepot with saw back blade; two Gras bayonets; two Continental bayonets with double edged blade (15) £700-900 | Nil |
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1300 |
| 204 | FIFTEEN VARIOUS BAYONETS AND A LEATHER CROSS BELT comprising, a Belgian model 1880 bayonet; a French model 1866 Chassepot bayonet, dated 1868; a French model 1874 Gras bayonet, dated 1877, in its scabbard; a French model 1842 bayonet; a French model 1886/93/16 Lebel bayonet; two German model 1898/05 butcher knife bayonets, one with pioneer blade; eight further bayonets and a leather regulation cross belt (16) £400-500 | Nil |
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900 |
| 205 | A PLUG BAYONET, CIRCA 1680 AND SEVEN FURTHER BAYONETS the first with 9in slightly curved blade double-edged at the point and stamped with a mark, quillon terminals of axe and hammer form, and tapered hardwood plug with iron knop; an early continental socket bayonet for a large bore gun, with pipe-backed blade; along with a Brown Bess socket bayonet; four other Continental socket bayonets; and relic German bayonet (8) £350-450 | Nil |
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650 |
| 206 | AN ENGLISH WWI FIGHTING KNIFE, AND NINE BAYONETS, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES the bayonets including, Gras with scabbard; a Mauser bayonet with frog and scabbard; a Dutch bayonet; a Continental bayonet with pipe-backed blade; three spiked bayonets; and a German bayonet (10) £200-300 | Nil |
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450 |
| 207 | A DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY SWORD, DATED 1745 with double-edged blade stamped with the Dutch East India Company monogram and the date on each side (pitted), brass hilt comprising slotted guard, knuckle-guard, a pair of vestigial langets, and banded grip 78cm; 30 3/4in blade £150-200 | Nil |
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480 |
| 208 | A FINE PRUSSIAN PRESENTATION SWORD, DATED 1912 with pipe-backed blade etched in imitation of watered steel, decorated with elaborate patterns of scrolling foliage on each side enclosing the inscription '1912 von Trotha s./l. von Thun' and with the crowned Prussian eagle at the forte on one side, and '4. Garde -Feldartillerie Regiment Potsdam' and 'Eisenhauer Damastahl' on the other, signed along the back-edge at the forte 'Richard Jablokoff, Potsdam', gilt-brass stirrup hilt cast with foliage in low relief including down-turned quillon formed as a hound's head, a pair of lanegets decorated with crossed cannon on the outer face and with a vacant shield on the inner, and the pommel formed as a maned lion extending over the back-strap, and original fishskin-covered grip applied with enamel garde star (small chips), in its blackened steel scabbard with a pair of brass suspension rings 84.5cm; 33 1/4in blade £3000-4000 | Nil |
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| 209 | A CONTINENTAL CAVALRY CUIRASS, 19TH CENTURY comprising breast-plate with medial ridge, outwardly flanged at the base, fitted with a pair of studs for securing shoulder straps, back-plate formed en suite and retaining its brass shoulder straps with lion mask bosses and a leather belt 45.5cm; 18in high £400-500 | Nil |
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600 |
| 210 | A CONTINENTAL CAVALRY BREASTPLATE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with low medial ridge, rounded waist-flange and short outward flanges at the neck and arm-openings, fitted with a pair of studs for attaching shoulder straps, and stamped with an arsenal number inside 39cm; 15 1/4in high Provenance Glandyfi Castle £200-300 | Nil |
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