Swords, Knives, Bayonets, Daggers, and Related Property

AMERICAN

CIVIL WAR

S.311. Very nice Civil War Union cavalry sabre, 40 1/2" in overall length with the steel fullered blade being 34" long. The brass handle basket is marked C 7 and the pommel stamped J.C.W. representing the inspector's initials. The leather and wire wrapped grip is in fine and complete condition. The blade was cleaned many years ago and now has a steel gray patina. There is no date or manufacturer's logo on the top of the blade due to the apparent cleaning; however, J.C.W. was a well know Union inspector so the blade had to have been manufacturered between 1862 and 1864. A nice item at a reasonable value.......................................$345.

SOLD! S.309. Very nice U.S. Union cavalry sword hall marked U.S., dated 1865 and inspected by A.D.K. The sword is 41" in overall length with the blade being 35". The blade has a manufacturers' logo of an open Scroll and Chicoppee MAS. The blade is still factory sharpened, fullered on both sides, has no bend or cracks and has a metallic age patina (no rust of pitting). The handle is in good condition and has the number 138 stamped on the brass basket guard. The handle leather and double brass twisted wire grip is still in good condition. The leather is all present. On the top of the handles pommel is the stamped initials J.F. (most likely another inspector). Replacement scabbards are always available. The sword was found in an 1840 main house in Airmont, Loudoun County, Virginia. A nice original Civil War item..................................$365.SOLD!

JAPAN

SOLD! S.251. Very nice Japanese WWII samurai Japanese Army sword (Shin-gunto). The sword is 38” long with the handle 10” long and the blade 27” long. The blade is massive (quite heavy) and is in very good condition – no rust or pitting. The tsuba is made of iron and is oval in shape. The handle is in good condition with the ray skin and wrapping complete. The 8” tang has writing on both sides. The metal scabbard is in very good condition and retains all of its’ olive drab paint scheme. This sword was part of a 29 WWII Japanese sword collection brought back from the Pacific theater by a U.S. Navy jeep carrier pilot.............................................…$825.SOLD!

SOLD!S.269. Very nice WWII Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) officer's sword (kai-gunto). The sheathed sword is 37 3/4" long with the blade being almost 26" long to the tang head. The blade shows no hamon or yokote. The blade tip shape is long (o-kissaki). The blade edge has several minor nicks and the upper surface ridge top ( mune-hikushi) has what looks like a second blade induced series of nicks, which do not detract from the blades' overall appearance. The tang is quite long, 9" and is signed and also has the owner's name in black paint in kanji charactors. The tang tip is of the ship's bottom design (funa-gata). The tang's file marking is V - shaped to the sword point (taka-no-ha) like that practiced by the smiths of Yamato and Mino provinces. There is a small what looks like a Kokura Arsenak stamp on the tang. The blade is of the heavy variety.The blade's habaki (collar) appears to be made of thick copper with the horizontal rain design. The lone seppa (spacer) is brass with the number 13 impressed on one side. The tsuba is a large cheically blackened iron ovoid also marked with the number 13. The handle is in quite good condition with the pommel (kashira), fuchi and menuki retaining their vast majority of gilt. The fushi is also stamped with the number 13. The menuki (cherry bolssom hilt ornaments) have a very nice relief. The hilt's wrappings are original and show hardened wear. The tassle loop (saru-te) is also made of a chemically blackened iron fitted loop. The black lacquered wooden scabbard has retained the scabbard tip (ishizuke), scabbard band (semegane) and one suspension mount - all in their original gilt. The throat guard (kuchiane) is not present. This is a very nice kai-gunto that needs an appreciative home......................................................$1,100.SOLD!

SOLD! S.271 Very nice Type 19 Company grade kyu-gunto style parade sword with the company grade decoration consisting of the cherry blossom on the backstrap side ears and a floral design at the pommel. The handle is in very good condition as is the wire threading. The handle has an unidentified silver disc mon mounted on the backstrap. The sword is 35 1/2" in length with the steel chrome plated blade being 29". The leather bumper is still present below the hilt. The blade is in very good condition - no bending, rust, nicks or chrome flaking. The steel chrome plated scabbard has all of its' component and is in good original manufactured condition. The scabbard has retained the majority of its' chrome plating. This sword would be a good addition and complement a Japanese sword collection.................................$325.SOLD!

SOLD! S.289. Very nice WWII Japanese Army non-commissioned officer's sword. The sword has matching serial numbers, both on the blade and scabbard mouth, 15916. The blade is in good condition as well as the handle, the latter appearing to be made of copper. The fushi is marked with several charactors including the Kokura arsenal logo. The scabbard is dent free and appears to have been re-painted but in the correct paint color scheme. I picked this up at a Front Royal, Virginia flea market sometime ago.......................................$435.SOLD!

SOLD! S.301. WWII Japanese Army parade sword. The sword in scabbard is 36" long with the blade length being 29". The chrome plate sword blade is in good conditition and still has it's original leather scabbard "bumper". The blade is straight and still shows the factory produced hamon. The brass handle is in fine condition, retaining some of it's original gold wash and it's tight wire grip around the black horn handle. The scabbard is complete with the suspension ring being present. The lower part of the scabbard show a slight bend to the right, which has had no effect on the sword, itsself. Nice item that needs an appreciative home.............................$200.SOLD!

S.302. Very nice large (23" long by 1/2"- wide) Japanese WWII kai-gunto sword tassel for a Japanese Naval officers sword. The tassel was removed from a sword sold separately. Where the tassel looped through the saru-te, the tassel edges show light frying. The tassel rope shows no discoloration, still being a single color brown. Good condition...........................$175.

SOLD! S.303. Five nice sets of two each matching seppa(es) for WW II Japanese shin-gunto / kai-gunto swords. These were used as small guard washers (spacers) on either side of the dai-seppa ( the large washer (spacer)) found on either side of the tsuba. They helped tighten the sword blade to handle. They are made of copper and brass and each set is a matched set. Some are numbered. These are always needed to tighten a sword handle to the blade assembly especially after years of handle dry out. Good condition..................................$15. per set, $65. for the lot.SOLD!

GERMAN-WWI

S.300. Very nice German hunting dagger with complete leather scabbard. The dagger is 18 1/2" long with a blade measuring 12 1/2". The blade is heavily acid etched engraved on both sides with forest and animal scenes, On one blade side is the word "Waidmannsheil" and a maker's identification, WEYERSBERG & Co, SOLINGEN. The blade is in good condition and still retains its' factory sharpened edge. The handle consists of a heavy brass frame with the hilt guard being a hoof and acorn end design. The pommel is a solid brass eagle head. The handle grips are stag horn with two large brass rivets through the blade's tang. The handle is tightly fitted to gether. The leather scabbard is in fine condition and has all of it's original brass fixtures. The seam stitching is complete. There are no cracks, leather chips or leather discoloration. This is one nice period dagger.........................$465.

GERMAN-Third Reich

NEW! S.312. Very nice WWII German Army K-98 rifle bayonet with leather belt frog. The bayonet is in original condition having the red brown chip and crack free Bakelite grips. The pommel has two (2) waffen acceptance marks, both with the I.D. number WaA883.The blade is in good condition with the serial number 9712 s. The marker's mark and date is 41 (1941) fnj. The metal scabbard is numbered 456 and still has it's "throat" screw. The scabbard tip also is hall marked WaW8??. The black leather frog retains all of its' stitching and rivets. The frog is hall marked and dated 1940, E. L. G., Schlesien.
This bayonet ensemble is a nice piece of history........................................$165.NEW!

REMOVED! S.228. Very nice SA dagger hall marked with the RZM logo and M7/83. The 83 is the numeric code assigned to the dagger's manufacturer Pluemacher Sohn (Richard Pluemacher). The dagger blade is in good condition as is the blade slogan "Alles fur Deutschland". The wooden handle grip is in very good condition and is made from peach tree wood. The SA enamel button insert and eagle insert are also in fine condition. The pommel and cross guard are in good condition - no nickel flaking; the pommel tang nut is in fair condition. The metal scabbard has all of it's nickel plated fittings and fitting screws. The anodized brown paint is no longer present. This is a vet bring back from a Sgt. Tysam. Again the dagger is in very nice condition....................$375.REMOVED!

S.288. WWII German Army K-98 bayonet with metal scabbard. The bayonet is in good condition, factory sharpened with the hall mark MUNDLOS, date 38 (1938) and serial number, 329 b. The backelite grip is in good condition. The pommel has two (2) waffen marks with the number WaA243. The metal scabbard is hall marked E. PACK & S and is also dated 1938. It has the serial number 6515 C. This ensemble is in good condition for seventy years old...............................................$95.

S.290. Early manufactured K-98 bayonet with metal scabbard. The bayonet has five (5) inspector's acceptance waffen marks, Weimer Republic and Third Reich. The bayonet blade is serial numbered 4998 with the Mauser logo.The other side has S/755G. The blade is factory sharpened, not field altered. The wooden handle is complete and crack free. The pommel and hilt show slight surface corrosion. The scabbard is serial numbered 9313 and has S/240G stamped on one side of the scabbard's throat. That side has some limited surface corrosion as well...........................................$95.

S.292. Nice WWII German K-98 Kriegsmarine issued rifle bayonet with metal scabbard. The bayonet's blade and pommel retain the majority of bluing and are in good condition. The wooden walnut gripes are also in good condition. The bayonet has the serial number 5869 m. The blade is also marked with a S.178 G hall mark. The scabbard is also in good condition with most of the original bluing present but with some surface corrosion on one side. The scabbard has the serial number 8355 d. The scabbard also has the S/176 G number which is two (2) off from the blade's hall mark. In addition the bayonet appears to be that of a Kriegsmarine issue with the Nord See Division issue number N. 8320. Nice ensemble............................$175.

S.294. Nice WWII German K-98 bayonet with scabbard and leather frog. The frog is the handle strap (SS) variation. The bayonet's handle is reddish bakelite , both sides of the handle grip in fine condition. The pommel has a waffen acceptance mark. The blade is in good condition and has the number 4 on the top of the blade's ridge line. The blade has the serial number 1089 D and the manufacturer's code, bym. The accompanying metal scabbard is also in good condition and is stamped 7329. The scabbard has retained some of it's bluing and has a age patina to it. The leather frog is in good condition, no hall mark identification present. This is a very nice ensemble...........................................$145.

S.296. WWII German K-98 rifle bayonet. The bayonet's blade is in fine condition retaining much of it's original bluing. There is no rust, chips, still factory sharpened. The blade has the serial number 3778 and maker's identification, S/173G. The pommel is in good condition showing minute dent marks. The "button" has a waffen acceptance mark on it. The walnut wooden handle has several dents and one minor wood chip. The scabbard has also retained much of it's bluing and has the serial number 5324, hallmarked DURKOPP and dated 38 (1938). Nice original ensemble..,,,,......,,,,,,,,,..$115.

SOLD! S.297. German WWII K-98 bayonet with accompanying metal scabbard. The bayonet has the dark reddish brown bakelite grips and the eagle pommel has two (2) waffen acceptance marks WaA253. The blade has the serial number 4198 f; the maker mark KARL EICKHORN and the date 40 (1940) on the top of the blade. The blade retains much of its' original bluing and is in good condition. The scabbard has a waffen acceptance mark on the drag and has the serial number 933 q, maker mark  E. u. F. Horster and the date 1937. This is a nice ensemble................$125.SOLD!

SOLD! S.299. Nice hall marked asw 44 (1944) German K-98 bayonet, serial number 5341. The blade is in very good condition, is factory sharpened and retains much of it's original bluing. The dark red/brown bakelite grips are also in good condition.  The handle frame and eagle head pommel show metallic age staining and surface rust on the pommel. There are two waffen acceptance marks on the pommel. The scabbard has the serial number 1292 and has surface rust and age patina. The scabbard has it's original leather frog which is in good condition. The stitching and all four rivets are present. Also the frog does have the handle belt retention strap as found in use by SS units. It is a nice combination..............................$145.SOLD!

SOLD! S.304. Very nice set of WWII German Naval Officers Dagger Hangers. They are of high quality with black satin cloth tops with black velvet under straps. Aluminum clips and lion head buckles, all gilted. In good condition, no mothing, tears or repairs. The set would greatly complement a Kriegsmarine dagger..................................$345.SOLD!

SOLD! S.305. Very nice Dolch fur Offiziere (Navy Officer's Dagger) hall marked Herst with Herst logo. The bright double engraved blade is in good condition as is the handle, gilded hilt and pommel. The aluminum thread knot is in proper tie and the handle retains it's double wire wrap. The brass lightening bolt scabbard is also in good condition. This was recently purchased at a Berlin, Germany auction. A nice piece to complement a dagger or Kriegsmarine collection.................................................$825.SOLD!