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**RAF SQUADRON LEADER ATTRIBUTED**WW2 1942 British RAF Officer’s Side Cap To Squadron Leader J. Moore With his Epaulette Rank Titles, RAF Badge Cufflinks & Scarf. Sn 21968:4 - 21968:4 This is an original WW2 British RAF collection attributed to Squadron Leader J. Moore. The cap has its original brass RAF Officer’s King’s Crown cap badge and buttons. The grey serge material is clean and intact. The lining has hand written name to ‘SQ L J. Moore’ together with ‘1942’ date. The suede sweatband has a stitched repair. The cap was found with the Officer’s other possessions including his Uniform epaulettes with rank title bands and brass King’s crown buttons, his plated metal cufflinks embossed with RAF King’s crown badges and his polka dot cotton scarf with tasselled edges. The scarf is 11” wide and 47” length including tassels. All material of the scarf and cap are clean with no mothing. The price for this attributed RAF collection worthy of further research includes UK delivery. Sn 21968:4 (in 21968 collection box under bench office) £275.00 |
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**SIR A.G CUNNINGHAM 8Th ARMY / DESERT RATS CONNECTION**WW2 1944 British General’s Tropical Slouch Bush Hat By Failsworth Hats Ltd, The Sweatband Marked ‘Sir Alan’ With Associated Rank Insignia. Sn 21968:5 - 21968:5 Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham (born May 1, 1887, Dublin, Ire. —died Jan. 30, 1983, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Eng.) was a British army officer who scored important victories over Italian forces in eastern Africa during World War II, enabling the exiled emperor Haile Selassie to return to power in Ethiopia. He then commanded Eighth Army in the desert campaign (a period image of Sir Alan in tropical uniform is illustrated in image 1). This is an original WW2 Tropical Slouch / Bush hat bought from a Manor House sale in 1973 Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent. The hat has its original khaki headband and its khaki body is undamaged. It has its original ventilation holes and press stud fastener on the left side of the brim and skull & leather chin strap. The hat is mounted with several British General’s rank insignia in metal, embroidered cloth and Bullion which is topped by King’s Crown. The turned up brim has a cloth formation patch with ‘GR’ (George Rex) Royal Cypher. The hat has its original leather sweatband. The sweatband is impressed by the maker ‘Failsworth Hats Ltd’ and 1944 date together with size ‘7 1/8’ . The inside of the sweatband has a period ink hand written name ‘Sir Alan’ (possibly Sir Alan Cunningham). The hat is clean with no mothing. Accompanying the hat are a pair of General’s red cloth insignia with brass king’s Crown brass buttons which were bought with the hat. The price for this interesting set worthy of further research includes UK delivery. Sn 21968:5 (in 21968 collection box under bench office) £695.00 |
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**RARE**1958 British, Enfield L1A1 SLR (Self Loading Rifle) With Plastic Furniture, L1A3 Bayonet, Scabbard & Sling**1995 EARLY UK DEACTIVATION COCKS & DRY FIRES** Sn 23484:18 - 23484:18 The British L1A1 SLR (Self Loading Rifle) was adopted in the early 1950s and was based on the Belgian FN FAL but adapted for British and Commonwealth service. It became the backbone of Cold War infantry, used in conflicts such as the Falklands War and numerous overseas operations. The SLR replaced the Lee Enfield rifle in British army service and was later succeeded by the SA80. This is an old spec deactivated SLR made by RSAF Enfield in 1958 and is in excellent condition retaining much of its black finish and is complete with its L1A3 bayonet in its steel scabbard and a green nylon webbing sling. The left hand side of the receiver is stamped RIFLE. 7.62 L1A1together wit UE 58 (Enfield 1958 manufacture date). The rifle is fitted with black plastic furniture which is undamaged. The rifle is serial number AD6100535. The rifle is fitted with a L1A3 bayonet and scabbard which is bayonet in excellent condition, retaining much of its original finish and is stamped on the left hand side of the grips are stamped L1A3 960-0257B. The rifle deactivated to early UK specification in 1995, cocks and dry fires, the fire selector moves, the magazine ejects and the rifle can be broken open for stripping. The price for this rare to find, UK old specification rifle includes the 1995 UK deactivation certificate & UK delivery. Sn 23484:18 £2,995.00 |
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**MATCHING NUMBERS**WW2 1943 Nazi German Maschinengewehr MG 42 7.92mm Machine Gun by cra (MAGET Maschinenbau und Geraetebau GmbH 1942-43)** UK 1997 DEACTIVATION COCKS & DRY FIRES*** Sn 23310:3 - 23310:3 The MG 42 (Maschinengewehr 42, or Machine Gun 42) is a 7.92mm general purpose machine gun developed in Nazi Germany and entered into service with the Wehrmacht in 1942 to supplement and replace the MG34. This is a superb matching numbers, original example of the MG 42 made by MAGET - Maschinenbau und Geraetebau GmbH who produced the guns from 1942 to 1943. The gun retains all of its original metal work which retains its original blued finish with matching numbers on the action, top cover and wooden butt, complete with original brown ribbed bakelite pistol grip. The gun is complete with bi pod and flip up front and rear sights. The frame is nicely stamped on the left hand side with the manufacturer cra, the Nazi German war time code for MAGET - Maschinenbau und Geraetebau GmbH. The weapon carries the matching serial number 1395 together with Nazi Waffenamt inspection marks on its frame. The weapon deactivated to UK specification in 1997, cocks, dry fires, the breech cover and barrel change lever open as they should. The price for this sought after early deactivation Nazi marked weapon includes deactivation certificate & UK delivery. Sn 23310:3 £4,250.00 |
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**RARE** WW2, MG34 7.92mm, Machine Gun by bp (Otto Goessel u. Co., Glashuette in Sachsen, Dresden) With Bi-Pod **UK 1999 DEACTIVATION COCKS & DRY FIRES**Sn 23173 - 23173 The MG34 was the main German light machine gun in use by the German army at the start of WW2 and was in service throughout WW2. The gun was designed by Mauser and was a high precision piece of equipment with close manufacturing tolerances which proved expensive to manufacture in terms of cost and hours. Th MG34 was supplemented by the MG42 which was easier to manufacture and had a substantially increased rate of fire. This is an excellent MG34 which retains most of its original blued finish and has matching numbers except for the removable / replaceable wooden butt. The gun was made in Germany by (Otto Goessel u. Co., Glashuette in Sachsen, Dresden) with the code bp, the gun's serial number is stamped on all the main parts and there are multiple waffenampts. This is an 'old spec' UK (1999) deactivation. The weapon cocks, strips and dry fires. This is an excellent example of a Nazi German made, old specification WW2 light machine gun. The price includes the deactivation certificate and UK delivery. Sn 23173 £3,750.00 |
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SOLD SOLD (20/07) **MINT**Early 1930’s Webley Service Mark II 3rd Series .22 Calibre Air Rifle. Sn 23508 - 23508 A near mint 1930's Webley Service MK II 3rd Series / Type, air rifle in .22 calibre (see pages 40–43 of Christopher Thrale's book Webley Air Rifles 1925-2005). The left side of the cylinder is stamped “WEBLEY SERVICE AIR RIFLE MK II”, “MANUFACTURED BY WEBLEY & SCOTT LTD, BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND and with the Webley ‘winged pellet’ Trademark. The barrel is stamped “.22 CALIBRE”. It has the Great Britain, USA, Spain, Germany and Canada 1925 patents stamped on the right side of the cylinder together with the correct patent number “371548”. It has an excellent un-damaged stock with chequered panel wrist and ribbed horn butt plate. The underside of the the stock is impressed ‘Made In England’. The weapon is serial number “S9658” which is stamped to the rear of the trigger guard. There is no visible number on the barrel. The weapon cocks, loads and shoots crisply. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23508 £0.00 |
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**MINT BORE**QUALITY**Victorian British Proofed Martini Action .577 x.450 Obsolete Calibre Big Game Cape / Sporting Rifle ‘Made For W.R Rawbone Cape Town (South Africa) & 1 Inert Deactivated Round. Sn 23572 - 23572 W.R Rawbone (often stamped as "W. Rawbone" or "WR") ran a famous gun shop at 14 Burg Street in Cape Town, South Africa. He did not manufacture the firearms himself; instead, he had quality British makers such as Westley Richards & W.W Greener build them for him to be sold to settlers, Gentlemen hunters, and local militia in South Africa. This is an excellent British made Martini action sporting rifle made for W.R Rawbone Cape Town. The metal work is undamaged and retains its original blue finish in excellent condition. The wood work is all excellent & all original. It has a chequered panel wrist and fore stock with polished horn fore end cap. It has a steel butt plate & sling swivel lugs. The 28 ½” barrel has a near mint bore clean and bright with well defined multi groove rifling and the rifle measures 45” overall length. The action is signed on one side ‘Made For W.R Rawbone Cape Town’. The underside of the action is numbered ‘WR’ above 124246. The left & right sides of the action have hunting scenes engraved. The barrel and underside of the action have English proofs. The rifle has a blade foresight with hinged roundel peep sight, a tooled flat top rib with multi graduated flip up rear sight leaves all with silvered aiming lines. The rifle’s cocking & firing actions work crisply. The rifle comes with a single inert deactivated brass cased lead bullet round of .577 x.450 ammunition. The price for this quality Cape rifle includes UK delivery. NB as an obsolete calibre, antique firearm no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 23572 £1,595.00 |
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**MINT**Post 1952 British Wilkinson Sword Ltd QE II Royal Household Clam Shell Court Sword With Blued & Etched Panels Blade, Gilt Hilt Fitted With Bullion Cord & Portepee & Scabbard. Sn 23573 - 23573 The small sword (also court sword, French: épée de cour or dress sword) is a light one-handed sword designed for thrusting which evolved out of the longer and heavier rapier of the late Renaissance. The height of the small sword's popularity was between mid 17th and late 18th century. It is thought to have appeared in France and spread quickly across the rest of Europe. The small sword was the immediate predecessor of the French dueling sword from which the épée developed (see page 280 of Wither’s book ‘World Swords’ where British Royal Court Swords are illustrated). This is a mint British Queen Elizabeth II Royal Household Court Small Sword by Wilkinson Sword made post 1952 in the form of mid 17th to Victorian Era examples. It has an ornate cast gilt hilt with cross guard & clam shell. It has a bar knuckle guard & urn type pommel. The guard is fitted with bullion tape cord & portepee. The slim 32 ¼” blade is straight, undamaged and clean. The blade has etched & blued panels on both sides with foliate decoration & Queen’s crown above ‘ER II’ (Elizabeth II Regina). One side has a panel with the maker’s name Wilkinson Sword Ltd & crossed Swords legend below QEII Royal Appointment. The blade has its original red leather hilt washer. The sword measures 38” overall. It is complete with its original equally mint condition leather scabbard which has gilt brass mounts. The throat mount has a shield form frog bar. The price for this mint Royal Household court sword includes UK delivery. Sn 23573 £475.00 |
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German Walther P38 9mm Calibre Semi Automatic Pistol 8 Round Magazine. Sn 23575 - 23575 This is an 8 round magazine for the German 9mm Walther P38 pistol. The pistols were developed at Carl Walther GmbH as the service pistol of the Wehrmacht to replace the then current 9mm Luger Parabellum pistol. The Walther P38 was produced for the Wehrmacht from 1939 until 1945. After WW2, Walther resumed production of the P38 pistol in 1957 and also made as the P1 pistol for the German military in 1963. This magazine is in excellent undamaged condition and retains its original blue finish. The magazine is stamped on one side with P.38 designation. The price includes UK delivery**NB. THE PRICE IS FOR THE MAGAZINE ONLY. THE PISTOL IN THE IMAGES IS FOR ILLUSTRATION PURPOSES ONLY** Sn 23575 (in luger mags drawer office) £125.00 |
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C1840 Durs Egg London 18 Bore Percussion Traveling Pistol With Octagonal Steel Barrel, Walnut Full Stock & Captive Steel Ram Rod. Sn 19213 - 19213 Durs Egg (1748–1831) was a Swiss-born British gunmaker, noted for his quality pistols and for his company's production of the Ferguson rifle. Egg was apprenticed in Solothurn and Paris before establishing his own business in London in 1772. He was a contemporary of Joseph Manton, Jean Samuel Pauly and the uncle of Joseph Egg. When the famous gunsmith Durs Egg died in 1831 his Son John Egg took over the business operating at Haymarket London. In 1839 The business name reverted to Durs Egg at 4 Pall Mall London until 1854 then at 4 Colonnade Pall Mall from 1855 to 1865. This is a quality percussion traveling pistol by Durs Egg. The pistol has quality hand tooled decoration on the action plate, hammer, trigger guard with pineapple finial and action tang. The pistol measures 11" overall & has a 6” octagonal steel barrel with brass bead fore sight. The top barrel flat is signed ‘D.Egg London’. The smooth bore is clean. The original walnut full stock has chequered panels at the grip. The top of the stock is inlaid with void German Silver escutcheon. The pistol has a captive steel ram rod. The cocking & firing actions work crisply. The price for this pistol by a prestigious maker includes UK delivery. NB No licence is required to own this antique percussion pistol in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 19213 £745.00 |
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Early 1930’s Webley Service Mark II 3rd Series .177 Calibre Air Rifle. Sn 23543 - 23543 A very good 1930's Webley Service MK II 3rd Series / Type, air rifle in .177 calibre (see pages 40–43 of Christopher Thrale's book Webley Air Rifles 1925-2005). The left side of the cylinder is stamped “WEBLEY SERVICE AIR RIFLE MK II”, “MANUFACTURED BY WEBLEY & SCOTT LTD, BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND and with the Webley ‘winged pellet’ Trademark. The barrel is stamped “.177 CALIBRE”. It has the Great Britain, USA, Spain, Germany and Canada 1925 patents stamped on the right side of the cylinder together with the correct patent number “371548”. It has an excellent un-damaged stock with chequered panel wrist and ribbed horn butt plate. The weapon is serial number “S13370” which is stamped to the rear of the trigger guard. There is no visible number on the barrel. The weapon’s blue finish has some light areas of rubbing consistent with age & use. The weapon cocks, loads and shoots crisply. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23543 £645.00 |
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C1860’s Victorian Era British Jas (James) Burnand & Co Sheffield ‘Native Indian Self Defence’ Trade Mark South American Export Gaucho Cowboy Horseman’s Side Arm / Short Sword With Gaucho Cattle Herding Scene Etched Blade & Scabbard. Sn 23558 - 23558 Jas (James) Burnand Sheffield business was founded in 1850 by James Burnand (1820-1890), who had been born in Sheffield on 1 February 1820. In the early 1850s he continued in Rockingham Street and by the end of the decade was involved in the manufacture of Bowie knives. An 1863 directory advertisement has James Burnand & Sons, Netherthorpe Street, as a manufacturer of a ‘silver and plated desserts’ and a wide range of table cutlery (including ‘pic-nic’ or camp cases), Bowie knives, dagger knives. ‘Lion slayers’, Butchers’ knives and steels, ‘suitable for South America, River Plate, India, and other markets’, were also made. The trade mark was a picture of an Native Indian brave above the words ‘SELF DEFENCE’ (Other marks were Guaranteed ‘BEST STEEL’ for ‘good cutting quality’; and ‘Q’ within a shield). The Gaucho is the legendary, skilled horseman and cowhand of South America. Flourishing from the mid-18th to the mid-19th century, they roamed the vast grasslands (pampas) of Argentina, Uruguay, and southern Brazil. Celebrated for their fierce independence, horsemanship, and deep connection to the land, they are the South American equivalent to the North American cowboy. This is an original Jas (James) Burnand Sheffield ‘Native Indian Self Defence’ Trade Mark Side Arm / Short Sword export piece made C1860’s to appeal to the South American export Gaucho Cowboy Horseman’s trade. The side arm has a 19 ½” long, un-damaged single edged blade. One side with etched floral scroll panel and Gaucho cattle herding scene. Also with native American Indian, self defence trademark and maker's details. The blade is just under 1 ¼” wide and the spine is 2mm thick. The blade has just light age related staining. The side arm is 24 ¼” overall length. It has a re-curving brass crossguard & un-damaged polished horn slab grips. The weapon has its original black leather open top scabbard with stitched rear seam, red leather chape, red leather throat mount with leather tab and belt loop to the rear. All leather and stitching are clean and intact with just light surface scuffs to be expected. The price includes UK delivery. Sn 23558 (in Bowies box) £795.00 |
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