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**RE-ENACTORS**Modern Italian Made British Enfield Pattern 1853 .577 Calibre Muzzle Loading Rifle With Brass Furniture Commemorative American Civil Regiment U.S Army Marked & Sling **EARLY 2017 UK/EU DEACTIVATION CERTIFICATED** Sn 22987:1 - 22987:1 The iconic British army Enfield Pattern 1853 rifle-musket was a .577 calibre Minié-type muzzle-loading rifled musket, used by the British Empire from 1853 to 1867; after which many were replaced in service by the cartridge-loaded Snider–Enfield rifle. The British Pattern 1853 Enfield was a widely used infantry arm in the American Civil War, with nearly a million imported by both the Union and Confederate armies, making it the second most common long arm after the Springfield. It was particularly prized by the Confederacy, who imported more Enfields than any other foreign small arm, but Union forces also purchased them to supplement their own rifle-muskets. The rifles were recreated in the modern era in quality live firearms quality weapons by Italian Firearms companies. This Italian made Pattern 1853 rifle is a faithful live firing black powder replica of the Pattern 1853. Deactivated to an early UK/EU specification in 2017, the weapon’s barrel is blocked & it cocks and dry fires making it an excellent display or re-enactment piece. It has a 39” blued barrel and measures 55” overall. The barrel has inspection marks resembling period English proof marks and is numbered 86754. The rifle has brass furniture and excellent woodwork. The rifle’s metal work retains all of its blue finish. The rifle has a block fore sight and adjustable ladder rear sight. It has sling swivels fitted with leather sling and blued steel ram rod. The colour case hardened action plate is stamped with Queen’s crown & ‘London Armoury Company’ similar to markings found on original pattern 1853 rifles. The butt plate tang has ‘U.S’ (Army mark) and Regiment marks ‘6 KY E’ commemorating Enfield’s involvement in supplying weapons to Civil war, Union Army forces. The price includes UK/EU deactivation certificate & UK delivery. Sn 22987:1 £795.00 |
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WW1 1918 British BSA Co No.1 MK III* .303 Calibre SMLE Rifle & Sling**2017 EARLY UK/EU DEACTIVATION CERTIFICATED** Sn 22987:2 - 22987:2 This is an excellent SMLE No.1 Mk III* .303 calibre rifle. It has crisp date, Crown GR (George Rex), model designation, 1918 date and manufacturer name ‘BSA Co’ at the steel grip strap (illustrated). The rifle is serial number J48820 and has other un-matching numbers. It has its original front sight and rear sight arrangement with wing protectors. It has a brass butt plate with trap, bayonet lug & bridge for stripper clip loading. Its sling swivels are fitted with webbing sling. Its all original woodwork has just light bumps and bruises to be expected with age and service use. The shoulder stock is inlaid with void brass roundel. Deactivated to early UK/EU specification in 2017 the rifle cocks and dry fires and its original magazine can be removed. The price includes deactivation certificate and UK delivery. Sn 22987:2 £945.00 |
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**EXTREMELY RARE, ONE OF ONLY APPROX 6000**Original, Pre WW2 Japanese NCO's 1st Pattern, Type 95 Katana With Solid Copper Hilt, Suya (Harp) & Tokyo Kokura Arsenal Marks, Original Leather Cord & Barrel Knot & Scabbard. ED 3019 - ED 3019 On September 16th 1935 a new sword was authorised for Japanese army NCO’s. 1st type sword hilts were made from solid unpainted copper, later variants had cast alloy painted hilts (see page 183 of Swords Of Imperial Japan 1868-1945 by Dawson). Only approx 6,000 1st type copper hilt NCO swords were made before introduction of alloy hilt variants. This is an original extremely rare 1st type pre WW2 Japanese NCO's Katana with copper hilt and scabbard. The sword has the correct solid copper unpainted cast handle with lanyard ring hole fitted with steel cord sarute loop. It has a heavy brass tsuba and scabbard retaining clip (present but not working). It has an undamaged, fullered, 27 ½” blade which has just small areas of light staining consistent with age. The blade is numbered ‘5509’ on one side above the fuller and one side has number 1845. The copper hilt is stamped with 1929-45 Kokura Arsenal mark, Suya sword shop (Harp) mark (see page 185 of Dawson’s book) and inspection mark. The hilt’s steel sarute knot loop is fitted with original brown leather cord with barrel knot in very good condition. It is complete with its black painted steel scabbard which has a single hanging ring. The scabbard has no damage. There are no visible numbers on the scabbard but may be present under the paint. The price for this rare piece includes UK delivery. ED 3019 £1,795.00 |
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**QUALITY**ORNATE SILVER MOUNTED**C1841-1849 Cased Pair Of English Joseph Kemp London 80 Bore Percussion Pocket Pistols With English Proofs, Turn Off Barrels & Original Accessories. Sn 22967:1 - 22967:1 Joseph Kemp was an English London based Gunsmith recorded as having premises at Charlotte Street in 1841, 115 Jermyn Street between 1844 – 1845 and 31 Duke Street, Grosvenor Square between 1846 & 1849 (see page 175 of British Gunmakers Vol.1 By Brown). This is a superb pair of percussion pistols made by Joseph Kemp. Each pistol measures 5 ½” overall and have just over 1 ½” screw off blued steel octagonal barrels. The barrel’s smooth bores are clean. Each barrel has a German silver bead fore sight. The top of each barrel are signed by the maker ‘’JosH (Joseph) Kemp). The German silver actions have foliate tooled decoration & ‘v’ notch plate rear sights. The underside of their frames & barrels have crisp English proofs. They have blued Dolphin hammers and concealed triggers which are revealed when the pistols are cocked. The pistols have attractive, undamaged, Walnut grips ornately inlaid with silver wire and foliate decoration, both also have silver escutcheons engraved with matching stylised monograms, no doubt the original Victorian owner of these pistols. The butt of each pistol have excellent silver Lion’s head bosses. The pistols cock and dry fire crisply. The pistols are complete with their original fitted wood case. The case with hinged lid has an inlaid brass shield device on top of the lid engraved with stylised monogram that matches the pistols. The case measures 8 ¼” x 5 ½” x 1 ¾”. The case has a brass lock ( 2 keys are in the case only one operates the lock correctly). The inside of the case is lined with green felt & contoured to snugly fit the pistols and their accessories. Which consist of a small quantity of moulded lead balls & percussion caps (untested), a tiny brass & copper powder flask with sprung nozzle, a steel bullet mould marked ‘No.70’ and ‘WD’, steel tools & a wood handled cleaning rod with turn off brass tip. The price for this quality made pair of percussion pistols with accessories includes UK delivery. NB As antique percussion pistols no licence is required to own them in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 20958 £3,950.00 |
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**RARE**American Revolutionary War & Napoleonic Wars Era**French St Etienne Arsenal Model 1777 Cavalry Officer’s Brass Action Flintlock .650 Carbine Calibre Holster Pistol With Ram Rod. Sn 22929 - 22929 The Model 1777 pistol was designed in the late 1770s, and it was manufactured until 1792 in three French cities: Saint-Etienne, Charleville, and Maubeuge. Between the period of 1788 to 1792, it is estimated that approximately 145,000 were fabricated. The Model 1777 also served as the design for the United States Model 1799, the first official model of firearm adopted in the States. The predecessor to the North & Cheney 1799 pistol, many French 1777 pistols came over from Europe during the American Revolutionary War, both with French troops and as part of the military aid supplied to the Revolution. These firearms saw extensive use during the Revolutionary Wars in the U.S. and the Napoleonic Peninsula campaigns in Europe from approximately 1808 to 1815. This heavy-calibre flintlock pistol was favoured by various military personnel, including infantry, naval personnel, and cavalry. This is a rare to find, original French Model 1777 Flintlock pistol. The pistol has its all original Walnut stock with correct brass action. The action is signed ‘St Etienne’ (Arsenal) and has ‘L’ inspection mark. It has a heavy military cock fitted with flint. It has a 7 ½” correctly un-sighted barrel and measures 13 ½” overall. The pistol’s smooth bore has staining & residue consistent with age and service use. The pistol has a removable iron ram rod. The pistol cocks and dry fires with a strong action. This is a rare to find pistol. The price includes UK delivery. NB As an antique flintlock pistol no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22929 £1,400.00 |
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**QUALITY**1785-1819 Cased Pair Of English Ketland & Co London Brass Action & Barrels 50 Bore Tap Action Double Barrel Flintlock Pistols With English Proofs, Turn Off Barrels & Original Accessories. Sn 22967:3 - 22967:3 Ketland & Co were English gunsmith's based at various addresses in Birmingham & London between 1785-1819. This is a nice pair of Tap action flintlock pistols made by Ketland & Co. Their round brass screw off barrels are 2 ¼” in length (7 ¾” overall). The smooth bores have staining and residue consistent with age and use. The underside of the pistol’s brass frames have English black powder proofs. Their heavy brass frames are nicely signed on one side ‘Ketland & Co’, the revrse ‘London’. The trigger guards are blued steel. They each have steel slide safety bolts, steel pans and cocks fitted with flints. The pistol's bag shaped walnut grips are undamaged and the back of each grip are inlaid with void white metal shield escutcheons. The pistols cock and dry fire with strong spring actions and the tap actions operated by a rounded lever on the left side of their pans function correctly. The pistols are complete with their fitted wood case. The case with hinged lid has an inlaid void brass shield device on top of the lid. The case measures 10 ¾” x 8 ¼” x 2”. The case has a brass lock (key absent) and 2 hook fasteners. The inside of the case is lined with green felt & contoured to snugly fit the pistols and their accessories which consist of a small quantity of moulded lead balls, a spare flint, a pistol size brass & copper powder flask with sprung nozzle & a steel bullet mould. The price for this quality made pair of flintlock pistols with accessories includes UK delivery. NB As antique flintlock pistols no licence is required to own them in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22967:3 £2,950.00 |
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INERT DEACTIVATED. Unfired, British, 1967 Dated 120mm LII APDS/T (Armour Piercing Discarding Sabot/Trace) Projectile. Sn - 22997 INERT DEACTIVATED. The Royal Ordnance L11A5, officially designated Gun, 120 mm, Tank L11 is a 120 mm L/55 rifled tank gun design. The gun was the second 120 mm calibre tank gun in service with British Army and was the first of NATO's 120 mm main battle tank guns which became the standard calibre for Western tanks in the later period of the Cold War. The gun was designed in 1957 and introduced in service in 1966 in the Chieftain main battle tank. This gun was later modified and fitted to the Challenger tank. This is an unfired 120mm APDS/T (Armour Piercing Discarding Sabot/Trace) projectile and consists of a tungsten core sheathed in steel, fitted inside a light alloy sabot or sheath. Upon firing, the sabot is discarded and the reduced calibre projectile with trace carries on to the target. This projectile is complete with all nylon bore bands and the rear rubber sealing ring. The projectile retains all its original black painted finish and its stencilled in white round its circumference 120mm TK LII APDS L15A LOT 88 SUB. LOT E RLB (Royal Laboratories) 3 – 67 (March 1967) 39. The projectile also has a purple stripe on the side of the sabot which indicates a trials or experimental projectile, the round being introduced into British service in 1967. The projectile is stamped on the base RLB (Royal Laboratories) 2/67 (February 1967) 88E D I 1001 120MM APDS SX139GE. Price includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess this inert round in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22997 £475.00 |
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Victorian British Dockyard Or River Police Brass Hilt Sword / Cutlass Sidearm & Scabbard. ED 3020 - ED 3020 This is an original Victorian British Police Brass Hilt Sword / Hanger Sidearm & Scabbard as carried by Naval Dockyard Or River Police. It has a fullered 24” steel blade which has light scuffs consistent with scabbard carry. The blade has its original leather hilt washer. There are no dates, maker or manufacturer marks on the blade. The brass hilt with bar guard and stepped pommel is in excellent order. The lacquered wood grooved handle is undamaged. The push button scabbard retaining clip functions as it should. The overall length of the hanger is just over 29 ½”. The original leather scabbard has brass mounts. The brass throat mount has a frog locket and it has an external long chape. The surface of the leather has some service wear and as is common the rear seam has opened with age. The price includes UK delivery. ED 3020 (sword bucket armoury) £395.00 |
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**SOLD**30/10**DEACTIVATED INERT. WW2, German Tiger 1 Tank, 1943 Dated, Unfired 88mm (88 x 571R) High Explosive (HE) Round for the 88mm Tiger 1 KWK 36 tank gun and the Flak 18 Towed Anti-aircraft/Tank and Naval Guns. - O 2281 DEACTIVATED INERT. This is an unfired WW2 German 88mm (88 x 571R) High Explosive Round for the Tiger 1 tanks KWK 36 L/56 gun and the 88mm Flak 18 towed anti-aircraft/tank gun. The gun was also fitted to various German naval vessels. These guns had formidable power both in range and hitting power throughout the war. This is an unfired round with a steel cartridge caseis a late WW2 made one and is headstamped 4. The steel high explosive projectile retains most of its original yellow painted finish and has two sintered iron (FES) driving bands. The projectile is stamped round its circumference bsw (Ardelt werke machinenfabrik Eberswalde (Ardelt machinefactory in Eberswalde) Pr zugz waffenampt 818 (x2) 13SK 644. The round is fitted with a steel AZ23 nose impact fuze retains much of its original green painted finish and has a delay screw on the side. The fuze is stamped round its circumference AZ23 ads 43 (1943 date). See page 162 – 170, Hogg, German Artillery of World War Two. The price includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess this inert round in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. O 2281 £0.00 |
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WW1 Era Imperial German Artillery Officer Dress Sword With Lion’s Head ‘Jewelled’ Eyes Pommel Officer’s Cord & Portepee & Scabbard. ED 3021 - ED 3021 This is an attractive, original Imperial German Artillery Officer's dress sword in as found un-messed with condition. The sword has a brass guard ornately decorated with Oak leaves and cross guard with Puma’s head finial. The cross guard has langets, one decorated with artillery crossed cannons device the other with decorated shield. The impressive Lion’s head pommel has red glass ‘jewelled’ eyes and the grip strap has Lion’s mane and foliate devices. It has an undamaged grooved polished horn grip with wire binding tight and intact. The sword measures 36” overall and its 20 ¾” single edged, curved blade with fullers is clean. There are no visible maker marks on the blade. The hilt is fitted with original Leather officer’s cord with bullion stitching and bullion portepee. The portepee is excellent. The cord is intact but some of the bullion stitching is loose and absent with age. The sword is complete with its original black painted steel scabbard with steel hanging ring. The scabbard has no dents. The price includes UK delivery. ED 3021 £495.00 |
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WW1 Era 1913 Dated French Chatellerault Arsenal 1882 Pattern Infantry Officer’s Flag Promotion / Commission Family Presentation Sword With Nickel Plated Brass Hilt, Etched Blade Retailed By Petitfils Paris, Officer’s Rank Tassel Cord & Scabbard. ED 3022 - ED 3022 This is an excellent original French 1882 Pattern Infantry Officer’s Flag Promotion presentation sword (see page 192 of World Swords by Withers). Our example of the 1882 has a clean, 35 ¼” long, clean nickel plated steel blade with fullers (40 ¾” overall). The blade has its original leather hilt washer. One side of the blade is crisply engraved by the French Chatellerault Arsenal manufacturer, dated ‘Juillet (July) 1913’ and ‘Mle 1882’ pattern / model designation and retailer detail which looks like ‘Petitfils Paris’ a known French maker and retailer of WW1 swords (illustrated). One side has foliate engraved panels & presentation message in French ‘A Son Neveu De Bonnaventure (To His Nephew Good Fortune)’, the reverse ‘Promotion Des Drapeaux’ (On Flag Promotion / Commission)’. It has a voided nickel plated brass guard and rounded stepped pommel. Its grooved polished horn hilt has its original copper wire binding all tight and intact. The hilt is fitted with original period cord with rank tassel all clean and intact. The sword is complete with its original steel scabbard. The scabbard with single hanging ring & shoe has even patina and no dents or damage. The price includes UK delivery. ED 3022 £675.00 |
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SOLD SOLD (LAY-AWAY 24/10) DEACTIVATED INERT. WW2, German Tiger 1 Tank, Unfired 88mm (88 x 571R) High Explosive (HE) Round for the 88mm Tiger 1 KWK 36 tank gun and the Flak 18 Towed Anti-aircraft/Tank and Naval Guns. - O 2282 DEACTIVATED INERT. This is an unfired WW2 German 88mm (88 x 571R) High Explosive Round for the Tiger 1 tanks KWK 36 L/56 gun and the 88mm Flak 18 towed anti-aircraft/tank gun. The gun was also fitted to various German naval vessels. These guns had formidable power both in range and hitting power throughout the war. This is an unfired round with an early pre 1933 brass cartridge case which stamped with a pre 1933 waffenampt. The cartridge case is headstamped P (Polte Armaturen- u. Maschinenfabrik AG, Magdeburg) K Waffenampt WaA75 (pre 1933) 6347. The base is also stencilled in black Ng 1194. The early steel high explosive projectile has two copper driving driving bands. The round is fitted with a steel ZtZS/30 steel time nose fuse which is stamped round the circumference ZZtZS/30 dpv (Zeiss-Ikon, Dresden) 1942 (1942 date). See page 162 – 170, Hogg, German Artillery of World War Two. The price includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess this inert round in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. O 2282 £0.00 |
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