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A PLINTH WITH BRASS SHELLHEAD. A wooden mounted Gt War period detonator head in brass, with adjuster ring. Standing 5" high and 5.1/4" at base. £40-60
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TWO ITALIAN FACIST DOOR PLATES. Two brass door plates captured during the Eritrean Campaign, each 12.1/4" high by 3.1/4" wide with period decoration. £50-80
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A GENERAL OFFICERS MAMELUKE. An 1831 pattern General Officers Mameluke sword and brass scabbard. Very clean 33.1/2" swept blade, with Victorian Crown amid stippled foilage, Complete with sword knot of red and gold. £400-500
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A MAMELUKE SWORD. An 1831 pattern General Officers sword, complete with brass scabbard. The clean 33.1/2" blade is decorated with stippled foilage and Victorian crown. The hilt is in need of tightening, complete with brass scabbard. £350-450
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MILITARY BOOKS. Including Charles Oman's A History of the Peninsular war Vols I-VI. With Lawrence in Arabia by Lowell Thomas. The Cavalry went Through by Bernard Newman 1930. Army Lists for 1990/93/94 Parts 1 & 2. 1995/1997/1998/2000 Pt 1, Franco German War of 1870-71. The Armies of India, London 1911, etc £100-150
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AN INDIAN DAGGER. A heavily constructed large Indian ceremonial Dagger with carved bone hilt and brass decoration. Complete with a scabbard of covered wood, with 11.1/2" Khanjar style ribbed blade and an overall length of 19". Handle needs re-fixing to the hilt, the original glue having broken down. £50-80
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A NORTH AFRICAN DAGGER A North African or Arabic Dagger with bone hilt and 12.1/4" curved blade, in a leather scabbard. £40-60
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COMMEMORATIVE SWORDS & DAGGERS. A Wilkinson sword made to celebrate the wedding of The Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer in 1981. Another by Wilkinsons in the style of a Scottish Broadsword with undress hilt. A brace of left handed daggers, with wooden grips and brass pommels, etc. £100-150
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A BLUNDERBUSS. A percussion blunderbuss with flared steel 13.7/8" barrel, with underslung steel ramrod. The percussion action is converted from flintlock, with HEIC markings and the date 1800. Brass furniture with a fullstock, no visible proof marks evident. The butt has a wood infill repair, 27.1/4" overall length. £300-400
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A PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN. A well made percussion single-barrel sporting piece, with steel furniture and underslung wooden ramrod. In working order with some decoration to the action etc, Fletcher on the lockplate. £150-200
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A FRENCH GRAS RIFLE 1874. An 11mm calibre Gras M1874 rifle with bolt action and St Ettienne arsenal markings. Number 13184 with sliding rear-sight and matching numbers, also proof and M80 stampings. Now on the obsolete calibre list, no licence required. £200-300
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A FRAMED PORTRAIT OF A 5th LANCERS OFFICER. A mahogany framed hand tinted over glass photograph, of a formally posed Fifth Lancers officers. 5th Lancers badge at the top with crossed lances, with PC or PG in ornate monogram letters below. Frame 10" x 8.3/4" with inset oval glazing of 6.3/4" x 5.1/8". £80-100
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A 21st LANCERS FRENCH GREY JACKET A 21st Lancers tunic with plastron front, with Kings Crown buttons and collars. The jacket in very good condition as are the fittings, including the gold bullion cuffs. The chest measurement approximately 34" with a partial makers label inside for Sandilands & Son. £500-700
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A CAVALRY OFFICERS JACKET. A Continental Lancers or Hussars Officers coatee with Astrakan cuffs and collar. In a light beige with gold bullion decoration, plain buttons and makers label of Auguste & Cie, Costumiers de Paris, 27 Wellington Street, London, WC. The reverse of ornate braid decoration, the lining of red material, approximately 34" chest. £250-300
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ESSEX YEOMANRY UNIFORMS. A green Essex Yeomanry patrol tunic with Kings Crown buttons and collar badges. Chainmail epaulettes with gilt buttons, size 36" approximately. A Mess Dress coatee with buff waistcoat and uniform trousers, gold bullion lapel badges. A 9th Lancers Mess Dress jacket, by Rogers & Co or Rogers & Jones etc of Burlington St London. £200-300
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A VICTORIAN OFFICERS SWORD. An early Wilkinson stamped officers sword, with bronze hilt VR cypher. 33" single-edged blade with several various War Department etc, markings. No visible etching on the blade which has some rust traces, lacking a scabbard. £100-150
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AN 1897 PATTERN SWORD. An officers 1897 pattern sword, with 32.1/4" single-edged blade marked Robt Mole & Sons. Birmingham. Makers to the War & India Offices. Complete with a plated scabbard, with rust damage evident. £100-150
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A VICTORIAN OFFICERS SWORD. A brass hilted officers sword with VR cypher inset, also VR under a crown on the 33" single-edged blade. Marked Maynard Harris & Co, Leadenhall St, London EC on the blade, complete with a steel scabbard. The hilt is misshapen requiring straightening/repair etc. £100-130
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A PINFIRE MUFF PISTOL. A continental pinfire muff or ladies travelling revolver, with folding trigger and sixshot capability. 5.1/2" overall length. £60-80
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A CASED DIPLOMATS HAT. A Diplomats hat in the fore & aft style with single bullion decoration present. In its protective black 'Japanned' fitted tin case, late 19th or early 20thC style. £60-90
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A WEST SOMERSET YEOMANRY OFFICERS BUSBY An officer in the West Somerset Yeomanry's Busby of the pattern worn between 1881 until 1914. Complete with braid wrap, red flap with silver bullion decoration. £100-150
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A TRANS-JORDAN FORCE HAT. An officers pattern of the Trans-Jordan Frontier Force Astrakan Hat. Red with silver bullion decoration and KC cap badge, complete with black plume and in very good order. £100-150
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AN OFFICERS No 1 DRESS CAP etc An officers green cloth dress cap, lacking a badge with gold braided peak. (4) Somerset Light Infantry forage caps (two with badges). An SLI officers sidecap and a beret both with badges, also a pair of Jodphurs. £50-70
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SWORD KNOTS, BADGES etc (5) Various leather swordknots, cloth badges and SLI Old Comrades lapel badge etc. Partial swordbelt frogs and other dress belt parts, etc £40-60
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A U BOAT COMPASS. A Great war period German Untersee Boat bearing compass, in its original tin of issue. Taken from a U Boat during that period, the 'Kompass' is marked Steger Jr of Kiel. Folding arms to obtain bearing, adjust on the dual faced dial of 5.1/2" diameter. An old label states 'Taken from German Submarine M398'. £200-300
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OFFICERS CAPS. Including four Khaki Forage caps and one green Infantry example. Also a Gt War Royal Flying Corps sidecap with badge, worn by other ranks. £40-60
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A CAVALRY DRESS CROSSBELT. In red leather with bullion decoration, the fittings marked Ranken & Co under a rampant lion. Boss and chains with two prickers, all in silver coloured metal. £100-150
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SAM BROWNES, BOOTS etc A quantity of Sam Browne belt parts and Stable belts, also a pair of officers boots. Armband and pennant, other belts etc. £50-70
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4th BATTALION SLI SWAGGERSTICKS. (11) 4th Territorial Battalion Somerset Light Infantry Swaggersticks, with the Regimental badge and 4th Battn PASLI below. £50-70
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SOMERSET LIGHT INFANTRY SWAGGERSTICKS. (11) 4th Territorial Battalion Somerset Light Infantry Swaggersticks. £50-70
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SOMERSET LIGHT INFANTRY SWAGGERSTICKS. (6) 4th Battalion SLI the other (8) are Somerset Light Infantry Regular Battalions £50-70
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A SOMERSET LIGHT INFANTRY CLOTH HELMET. A blue cloth post 1902 pattern spike helmet, with Somersetshire helmet plate. Worn for Home Service in the SLI, this one bears the broad arrow marks and in several places with the date 1912. Lacking a chin strap. £150-200
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PARTIAL SLI SHOULDER BELTS. Three brown leather shoulderbelts with pouches bearing the Light Infantry Bugle badge, lacking plates and attachments. Also an associated pouch, possibly a private purchase type. £60-100
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MILITARY BELTS etc Partial Sam Browne belts with sword frogs in brown leather, etc. Fore and Aft Hat etc £50-70
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UNIFORM ITEMS. Including a Somerset Light Infantry officers green cloth jacket, No 1 dress SLI jacket. Khaki and Black Great Coats in good order, Monmouthshire Civil Defence Tunic with badges and medal ribbons etc. £60-80
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A HORN POWDER FLASK. A large horn with brass end cap and lever filler, with wooden stopper of some 15.1/2" in overall length. £70-100
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A GERMAN BAYONET. A Gt War 'Butcher' bayonet with steel scabbard, maker Alex Coppell of Solingen with W18 on the spine. £40-60
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TWO CASED MIDDLE EASTERN DAGGERS. A cased Jambiya dagger with presentation card from Khalifa bin Fayed al Nahyan, Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander (now President), UAE Armed Forces. A wooden hilt with gold and silver decoration, on all mounts and scabbard. 5.1/2" ribbed blade, in a fitted case. The second dagger with silver covered mounts and scabbard, with a 7. 1/2" blade, again in a fitted case. (Presented originally to a British Army Officer on attachment, to the UAE as a Military advisor) C1950's-70's. £100-150
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A BRACE OF KUKRIS. Two Kukri's of some quality, both with scabbards. The first with a horn grip inlaid with brass and bone decoration. A polished 14.1/2" traditional blade, with some initial decoration evident. The second with a partially carved horn hilt, polished 12.1/2" blade with partial fuller. £60-100
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A LARGE POWDER HORN. A large carved powder horn, 17.3/4" overall length. Geometric and fluted patterns, with the stopper missing. £50-100
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A NAVAL OFFICERS SWORD. A 20thC Naval Officers sword and scabbard with brass and leather mounts. The blade is in very clean condition with KC and fouled anchor below. Gieve's on the blade also the number 3724, a sword knot adorns the hilt with folding guard. £200-300
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A HITLER YOUTH CAP A Hitler Youth (Jugend) soft cap with badge. £50-70
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A VICTORIAN OFFICERS SWORD (A A W SPENCER) A Victorian officers sword by Henry Wilkinson of Pall Mall, number 32886. Plated hilt with VR cypher and clean 32" blade, etched with 'A A W Spencer from Major Neary 1894'. On the other side of the blade is 'The West York Regt', also etched foilage and VR under a crown etc. Complete with its brown leather field scabbard. Almeric Arthur William Spencer was the son of Almeric George Spencer born 21st November 1874. After service in the 1st Battalion The West Yorkshire Regt he was in WWI promoted to Lt Colonel and commanded the 1st Battalion the Welsh Regt from 16/10/1915 until 27/11/1916. Then the 1st Battalion Yorkshire and Lancashire Regt from the 9/7/1917 until 11/11/1918. Mentioned in Despatches on the occasions LG 1/1/1916 also 20/7/1916 and 28/11/1917 (Salonika Despatches). Awarded the Legion d'Honneur 5th Class in LG 12/12/1919 Page 15578. Served in Kurdistan and awarded a GSM & Kurdistan Clasp 16/9/1925. Married 1st in 1907 Sybil Lavia daughter of Fredrick William Lawson (Divorced 1927) 2nd Marriage to Charlotte Parker daughter of the Reverend John Leslie Parker on the 22nd July 1930. Died aged 59 years old on the 21st October 1934. Awarded a 1914 Star (landed 5/11/1914). British War & Victory Medals (MID emblem) £150-200
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A GENTLEMAN'S SMALLSWORD. A smallsword with triangular slim rapier style blade of 32.3/4" in length. Steel hilt with disc pommel and wire wrapped grip, lacking a scabbard. £70-100
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AN OFFICERS SWORD. An 1897 Pattern officers sword, with GVR cypher in the hilt and on the blade. Some rusting evident, complete with a brown leather field scabbard. £80-100
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A KRIS. An old Malyan Kris with Garuda Bird hilt, ornate hilt wrap and 15.1/4" multi-fullered blade. The rust covered classical wavy pattern blade, is contained in its original wooden scabbard. £100-150
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A CASED NAVAL OFFICERS HAT & EPAULETTES etc. Cased Kings Crown Naval officers Dress Fore & Aft hat and matching epaulettes. In a fitted tin with loose lid, gold bullion decoration with Commanders rank. £100-150
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A WARTIME R TANK REGT OFFICERS UNIFORM. A 1942 dated Royal Tank Regiment officers tunic, with label Flight Ltd Camberley. Complete with shirt and trousers, putties, webbing and partial Sam Browne belt. The Medal ribbon bar is an MC-1939/45, Africa and Italy Stars, Defence & War (with MID Emblem). Contained in an old trunk, worn by then 2/Lt Henry Dorner Palmer, later Captain MC. (Italy) £60-80
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AN RAF PILOT OR NAVIGATORS FLIGHT BAG. A bag carried for Navigation etc, by both Pilot and Navigator with original items contained in it. C1970-1990 period. £50-70
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A 'BONE DOME' HELMET. An original Flying Helmet nicknamed a Bone Dome, complete with eyesheild and mic/earphones etc. Used by both light aircraft and Helicopter Pilots and crew, 1970's-1990 period in Khaki finish. £50-70
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