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.
WW1 GERMAN DEMAG CRANK HANDLE FIGHTING KNIFE.
This is a very nice example of the German WW1 Demag pattern combat knife, this model fighting knife is unique as it can also be attached to a riffle converting it into a small bayonet .The handle still retains at least 95% original paint finish and the riffle slot is still in perfect working order. The blade is still very bright and shows just slight age wear, it is marked on the obverse side, DEMAG DUISBURG, and on the reverse side, DRGM. The scabbard still retains at least 95% original black paint and it is complete with belt loop and grip retaining strap. [Condition: Exc++]
WW1 BRITISH ROYAL FLYING CORPS (RFC) PICTURE FRAME.
A superb large RFC wooden picture frame which is made from the end of a WW1 airplane propeller, the center has been cut out for mounting a photograph and below this has been expertly carved with the RFC wings.The photograph is probably a latter replacement but the frame is 100% original. Height just over 10 inches. A great display item. [Condition: Near Mint]
LUFTWAFFE 2ND MODEL OFFICERS DAGGER WITH PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION TO A LUFTWAFFE FIGHTER GROUP.
The white celluloid grip is in mint condition. The silver hilt fittings are in fine condition with excellent detail to the Luftwaffe eagle, the pommel swastikas still retain some original gilt finish. Mint plain blade. The scabbard is very interesting, the center panel on the obverse side has had the stippled design completely and expertly removed and then it has been beautifully engraved with a two line presentation inscription to a Luftwaffe fighter group which was based in the east and it is dated 1941. A most unusual personalized example in very nice condition. [Condition: Exc++]
ENGLISH BRASS BARRELED PERCUSSION BLUNDERBUSS PISTOL.
A large English percussion blunderbuss brass barreled pistol measuring almost 10 inches long. The long impressive brass blunderbuss barrel is in excellent condition, the frame is maker marked, William Parker London. The steel percussion cock is in good working order and it is fitted with a sliding safety catch. Fine quality chequered butt with attractive carved decoration. A very attractive pistol dating to about 1840 and in good working order. [Condition: Exc++]
ENGLISH ANTIQUE TAP ACTION FLINT LOCK PISTOL BY IMPORTANT AND VERY DESIRABLE MAKER DURS EGG.
A very attractive and extremely high quality double barrel tap action pistol by the famous and highly collectible London gun maker Durs Egg, antique Guns from this important maker are in the top museums and also the Royal collection.The flint lock and the tap action are both still in perfect working order as is the drop down trigger.The case is engraved with the typical shield and crossed lances design with floral decoration and it is also engraved with the makers details, D.EGG LONDON.The gun is fitted with a sliding safety lock. The high quality wooden grip is in fine condition. Durs Egg was listed as a London gun maker from 1772 until his death in 1831. Size just under 6 inches or 14cm. [Condition: Exc++]
THIRD REICH NAVAL DAGGER 1938 MODEL BY WKC WITH DARK ORANGE GRIP,HAMMERED SCABBARD.
All brass fittings are in fine condition and still retain some original gilt finish with excellent detail to the eagle pommel with good clear swastika.The dark orange grip is in perfect condition and it is very attractive colour, darker than most. The blade is by WKC and it is in near mint condition, it is double etched with the dolphin and fouled anchor design. The matching hammered scabbard is in perfect condition with no dents or other damage, it is a really nice scabbard. Complete with silver knot and matching naval straps with gilt fittings. A very nice complete set which i can highly recommend, these orange griped naval daggers are difficult to find especially in perfect condition and are always in demand. [Condition: Near Mint]
NSKK OFFICERS CAR PENNANT WITH RARE UNIT PATCH.
A fine quality triangular red cloth double sided NSKK car pennant. The pennant features machine embroidered NSKK eagle on white circular background, attached to the upper corner of the pennant is an NSKK unit patch, 9 / M86 (9th motor Sturm of Motor Standarter 86), the embroidery is the typical chain stitch style. Complete with spring clip and cord. A very attractive pennant and rare with a unit patch as these are usually plain. [Condition: Mint]
ALLGEMEINE SS ARM BAND.
A superb example removed from a tunic and in mint condition.Red wool arm band with separately applied white silk circle and black swastika and with black border to both edges of the arm band. The interior of the arm band still retains a part of the original paper SS RZM issue tag. Superb example which would be very difficult to improve on. [Condition: Mint]
SS DAGGER 1933 MODEL, GROUND ROHM BY EICKHORN WITH VERTICAL HANGER.
This very nice dagger is especially desirable as it features the large oval pattern Eickhorn trademark which was only used for a very short time on the very earliest of Rohm SS daggers, soon after they changed to the small oval Eickhorn trade mark as it took up considerably less space with the Rohm inscription. All early nickel silver hilt fittings, the lower crossguard is SS group mark I and the under side of the crossguard is stamped with the manufactures bench number 7 and something which you only see on very early production Eickhorn daggers. The black wooden grip is in perfect condition and it is inset with the SS runes and silver eagle.The blade is in near mint condition, the obverse side features the SS motto with almost all factory blacking still remaining to the SS motto, the reverse side has been heavily ground to remove almost all of the offending Rohm inscription but you can still see traces of the letters if carefully examined, the large Eickhorn oval trade mark is in near perfect condition, this is a really nice blade. The black anodized scabbard shows light wear and it is fitted with matching nickel silver fittings, there is one very slight and shallow dent on the reverse side just below the vertical hanger. Complete with a very early style black leather SS vertical hanger, it is interesting to note when lifting the hanger marks can be seen on the scabbard which confirms that the hanger has always been on this scabbard. A really nice SS dagger and this is the first SS Rohm i have owned in in over 35 years which features this very rare early style Eickhorn trademark (please see Tom Wittmann SS dagger book page 72 for a similar example). [Condition: Exc++]
RAD MANS DAGGER, VERY RARE EARLY EICKHORN VARIATION WITH FULL STAGHORN GRIP.
This is the rare variation RAD mans dagger with full staghorn grip and which were officially produced for only one year from 1934 until 1935 and only by Eickhorn and were probably a prototype before standardization took over. This is a very early impressive RAD dagger produced in early solid nickel silver and so it is very heavy, the quality is exceptional. The grip plates are produced using the highest quality staghorn and the staghorn on this rare early Eickhorn pattern extends completely over the beak,which is different to the latter standard model in which the staghorn ends before the peak. The impressive large scimitar style blade features the RAD motto on the the obverse side, the reverse side is etched RADJ in a triangle and Ges Gesch (patent pending) and below this the very early small oval Eickhorn trade mark which was used until 1935 when it was replaced by the new style trade mark, the blade shows some faint spotting and age but over all it is still very nice and bright.The black anodized scabbard has matching nickel silver mounts and it is in excellent condition. Although this model dagger is normally referred to as an enlisted mans dagger i am sure most of these very early full stag grip types were issued to officers as the official officers pattern dagger was not issued until 1937. A rare chance to obtain one of these rare RAD full stag grip daggers, it has been many years since i have had one to offer for sale.