Sold Gallery
These pages display a number of the rare items that I have had the pleasure of selling. To view more details and a larger photograph please click on the thumbnail picture.
BRITISH VICTORIAN 5TH WEST YORK MILITIA OFFICERS GREEN CLOTH HELMET.
Green cloth helmet with all white metal fittings, spike, chin chain, officers helmet plate of the 5th WEST YORK MILITIA with rose design to the centre. A few moth track and age to the helmet. The helmet is complete with leather and silk sweat band and makers name to the interior of the helmet. Exc++
VICTORIAN SWORD STICK WITH BRONZE HANDLE DEPICTING A YOUNG GIRL.
A very attractive antique sword stick with bronze ornate handle depicting an attractive female in a reclining position on a tree branch. Pulling the handle away from the shaft reveals a long steel blade. Exc++
WW1 BRITISH BLACK JACK / TRENCH CLUB.
Wooden hand held shaft fitted with iron cap with rows of protruding built in metal studs. The base end is fitted with leather finger loop. Size 23cm long. AS THIS IS A WEAPON I WILL REQUIRE PHOTO ID IF YOU WISH TO PURCHASE THIS ITEM. Exc++
JAPANESE WW2 ARMY OFFICERS SWORD WITH VERY OLD FAMILY BLADE.
This is a really nice WW2 officers Katana model sword with very early family blade. Cloth bound fish skin grip complete with three metal Manuke to each side. Decorative gilt brass suba. The blade is very impressive with a good clear hammon line and it is in excellent condition, it is an old family blade cira 1650, the tang is fully signed by Bushu Shitahara Ju Hiroshiga, please see the last photograph in the set of ten for some research of the original blade maker. Army officers matching scabbard still retains much original brown paint. Complete with WW2 Japanese officers sword knot. This is a really impressive Katana sword. Exc++
NPEA CHAINED LEADERS DAGGER BY KARL BURGSMULLER.
The NPEA leaders dagger is one of the hardest standard production daggers to find, in the last 40 years this is only the 3rd example I have offered for sale, as a rarity comparison I have probably sold over 100 chained SS daggers. The hilt fitting are the later plated type and they retain about 90% silver plating over the base metal. The grip is in very nice condition and it is inset with a silver eagle. The blade features the NPEA motto to the obverse side, the reverse side is marked, Karl Burgsmuller Berlin, the blade shows some age spotting and there are faint traces of sharpening to the blade edges, the buffer pad is still in place but it is fairly worn now. The scabbard retains 90% original olive green paint, the wear is mainly to the edges, there is also two tiny dents just below the upper fitting. The matching scabbard fittings are the plated type and the upper two fitting have the Burgsmuller type ramps, the central mount is held in place by pressure as it does not have screws which is correct for this model and is what you want to see. Complete with chain hanger, the spring clip is correctly marked on the reverse side DRGM in a box. Extremely rare dagger often missing from even the most advanced collections. Exc+
BRITISH WW1 OFFICERS SWORD STICK, MIDDLESEX REGIMENT.
High quality malacca cane with staghorn handle. Silver collar featuring the badge of the Middlesex Regiment. Pulling the handle away from the stick reveals a long lethal steel blade, the blade shows age spotting but it could be cleaned if required. Exc++
HITLER YOUTH 1939 GAUSIEGER BADGE IN SILVER.
A very nice silver HJ Gau sports competition badge with perfect enamel. The reverse side is fitted with pin and hook and it is maker marked, G.BREHMER MARKNEUKIRCHEN. Superb looking award in near mint condition.
GAU MUNICH COMMEMORATIVE BADGE OF THE 9TH OF NOVEMBER 1923.
A round bronze badge produced to commemorate the Munich Putsch of the 9th of November 1923 and it was awarded by the Munich Gau of the NSDAP in 1923.The bronze badge features a circular oakleaf wreath with inscription which translates to, AND YET YOU HAVE CONQUERED and with a swastika to the centre with date 1933. The reverse side features safety pin pin hook and makers details, Deschler & Sohn Munchen. The award was discontinued when the blood order medal was introduced in 1934. Near mint.
SS PRESENTATION CIGARETTE BOX.
Brass cigarette box sitting on four ball feet. The lid of the box has a decorative central oval design with inscription, SS ORDENSBERG VOGELSANG. At this location there was an NSDAP Ordensberg School and also apparently an SS training camp. This box came with the SS Unterscharfuhrer Schmidt group but I am selling it separately as I cannot confirm that it was his but it probably was. Near mint.
LUFTWAFE SHORT MODEL PARADE BAYONET BY SEILHEIMER COMPLETE WITH ENGRAVED BLADE AND BROWN FROG.
The black celluloid grip plates are in mint condition. The hilt retains at least 95% silver plating, the wear is mostly to the top. The riffle slot is complete with red felt insert and it is in working condition. The blade is in in near mint condition, the obverse side features long ornate panel with remembrance motto and then Luftwaffe 1st pattern eagle to the right side and the left side features the state eagle, the reverse side features the Paul Seilheimer Solingen stamped trade mark. The scabbard retains 95% black paint complete with Luftwaffe brown frog. Luftwaffe engraved parade bayonets are hard to find. Exc++