Practice Lances £120 each
Bamboo lances with red and white penants. Ideal for re-enactment or wall moun
ting. Discount on quantity.
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SWORDS AND SIDE-ARMS
Coldstream Guards Warrant Officer's Sword £500
Metal scabbard. QEII cypher. Hilt stamped: War Department arrow JN&S 82 1276897. Blade also numbered on edge.
1855 German Pioneer Sidearm (Faschinenmesser) £150
No scabbard. Blade is 19 inches long. Maker's stamp on blade (P.D.L.): Peter Daniel Lüneschloss of Solingen, Germany. Unit markings on cross-guard: 12.A.F.7.75. which is 12th Field Artillery regiment.
United States Navy Sword that belonged to a Pilot £450
USN sword by Fred Fisch. Very nice condition sword that belonged to Frank E Gambert, commissioned in 1943 and a pilot. He served into the early 1960s and then became an airline pilot. He married an English woman in America and on retirement they moved back to her home in Cheltenham. The sword was purchased along with some of his uniform, documents, insignia and medals, which will also be sold seperately.
King Edward VII Infantry Officers Sword by Wilkinson £420
1897 pattern sword by WILKINSON SWORD COY. LIMTD LONDON. Bkade not numbered but it is stamped ISD 09 - Indian Stores Department 1909.
The blade has been engraved: J.R. RAYNEAU 69TH PUNJABIS.
Jules Robert Rayneau was born in India in March 1885 and was a merchant by trade. He married in Calcutta in May 1909. He was commissioned 8 January 1915 and served with the 69th Punjabis in France from September 1915. He went to Egypt in January 1916 and transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. Served in Aden February 1916 and Mesoptamia from August 1916 before returning to France. Served with 78 squadron and 152 squadron. Qualifications given as "Signalling, Stores, French, Arabic, Transport. Knowledge of equipment as for R.F.C." He died in Calcutta 18 November 1830.
Morrocan style Sword £155
Blade appears to be an older one that has been re-used. With leather scabbard. Short bone handle, blade has some decoration and is 29 inches long and 1 1/2 inches wide at top. Scabbard has some loose leather edging.
Coldstream Guards Master Tailor Presentation Sword £700
A sword presented to the Master Tailors of the 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards. Their names are on the blade. WO2 Master Tailor S.P. Richards and WO2 Master Tailor L.J. Cooke. Blade is dated 1984.The 2nd Battalion was put into "suspended animation" in 1993. Sword in very good condition.
French Engineers Sword £100
Wilkinson Sword - King George VI Court Sword with leather scabbard and knot. £255
In very nice condition. GVI cyphers on blade.
1897-pattern Indian Army Officer's Sword with leather scabbard and knot. £325
GRI cypher - Indian Army. Initials on blade - C.L.V.N. - Further research could identify an Indian Army officer with these initials.
1897-pattern Royal Engineer Officer's Sword with leather scabbard and knot. £300
GV cypher. Blade has some staining but details are clear. Sword belonged to Colonel A. Robertson, Royal Engineers. He served in WW1, being awarded a Croix de Guerre, and was commissioned, serving in Dunkirk in 1940 and becoming CO of Royal Engineers in Glasgow. Sword purchased from owner of his medals.
Sword marked on blade 51st Foot.