The Collection of Militaria Formed by The Late R. E. Handley 283
BRITISH MILITARY SWORDS. Comprising an 1822 pattern Rifles example, the 80 cm blade by Firmin and Sons, 155, Strand, London, with single fuller and etched with crowned VR cypher, a strung bugle horn and 5th Middlesex RV plus scrolling foliage, steel hand guard incorporating crowned strung bugle horn, wire bound fish skin grip in its steel scabbard; an 1897 pattern Infantry sword, the 82 cm blade by Mole, Birmingham with part single fuller and plain blade, sheet metal hand guard incorporating the crowned VR cypher, wire bound fish skin grip, in its steel scabbard, this stamped to the A. S.C.; an 1890 pattern trooper’s Cavalry sword, 87 cm slightly curved blade with single fuller by Weyersberg Kirschbaum & Co., Solingen, sheet metal hand guard with cross patee perforation and leather bound chequered and grooved hand grip, in its steel scabbard this stamped to the West Kent Yeomanry, together with a spare plated metal scabbard, good overall condition (4)
£300-400
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BAYONETS. Comprising eleven Chassepot four with scabbards, and including a wooden display plaque, three Lebel, two with scabbards and one other with a quadriform blade, no scabbard, good overall condition (15)
£150-250
285
USSR MIDSHIPMAN’S DIRK. A good quality example 21.8 cm straight blade dated 1946, white bone or composition grip with gilt metal quillon and knop this impressed with the Soviet insignia and a five pointed star on top of the pommel, contained in its gilt mounted leather scabbard the upper chape engraved with a fouled anchor and a sailing ship, very good condition
£200-300
286
BAYONETS. Assorted examples mainly European late 19th C to late 20th C, twelve with scabbards, four in relic state, otherwise reasonable overall condition, sold as viewed not subject to return (19)
£150-250
287
ASSORTED EDGED WEAPONS. Fourteen examples including two Spanish navajas, a kris (hand grip section missing), 1940 issue Gurkha knife, a tulwar (no scabbard), a Khyber knife (no scabbard), five other Far Eastern weapons two without scabbards, a machete (no scabbard) and two other hand knives; together with a WW I ‘home made’ trench club, many items in relic state, sold as viewed not subject to return (20)
£250-350
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