Practice Lances £150 each
Bamboo lances with red and white penants. Ideal for re-enactment or wall moun
ting. Discount on quantity.
Modern Leather Sword Scabbards
with War Dept. stamp. £60 each
Coldstream Guards Officer's Sword with metal scabbard. £650
Sword retailed by Edward Smith, Boyle Street, Saville Row. GV cypher on blade and initials E.F.R.
Eustace Frederick Robb was born 1889 in Kensington, London, son of Major-General Sir Frederick Robb. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant Coldstream Guards 21 August 1918. Lieutenant February 1920. Retired May 1922 on account of ill health. Worked for the BBC and produced the first experimental TV broadcasts from Broadcasting House in 1932. He eventually became Director of Television. He inherited the estate of Great Tew Park in Oxfordshire. Commissioned Lieutenant Coldstream Guards January 1940 and "spent the war receiving and distributing messages that were decoded at Bletchley Park." He spent the post-war years running the estate and died there 21 August 1985.
1897-pattern Infantry Officer's Sword with leather scabbard, frog and knot. £465
WILKINSON No.60867. GV cyphers. Initials on blade: H.L.
Wilkinson register shows that the sword purchased in August 1927 by a "C.S.M. J. Knightley" (no regiment shown). Possible scenario is that a senior NCO was being commissioned and so his fellow-NCOs chipped-in to purchase him a sword? Further research required to identify "H.L." - commissioned from NCO, around 1927-28?
1897-pattern Indian Army Officer's Sword with leather scabbard and knot. £385
GRI cypher - Indian Army. Initials on blade - C.L.V.N. - Further research could identify an Indian Army officer with these initials.
1897-pattern Royal Engineer Officer's Sword with leather scabbard and knot. £325
GV cypher. Blade has some staining but details are clear. Sword belonged to Colonel A. Robertson, Royal Engineers. He served in WW1, being awarded a Croix de Guerre, and was commissioned, serving in Dunkirk in 1940 and becoming CO of Royal Engineers in Glasgow. Sword purchased from owner of his medals.
Scottish Officer's Sword with metal scabbard. £425
Blade has faded decoration at top and can read CHANDLERS ARGYLE ST. GLASGOW
1897 pattern Indian Army Officer's Sword with leather scabbard. £280
Blade and hilt has GRI cyphers. Retailed by HARMAN, CALCUTTA. Details well-polished over years.
Rifle Volunteer Officer's Sword £250
Victorian. Nice blade. No mker/retailer mark. Scabbard is damaged (see pictures)
Relic Honourable East India Company Sword (rare) £135
1822 pattern, pipe-back blade. Hilt damaged, folding guard missing. HEIC badge on hilt. Handle replaced.
1822 Pattern Infantry Officer's Sword £140
1822 pattern, pipe-back blade. Fixed guard. VR cypher on guard. No details on blade remain.
Leather covered scabbard, no markings.
Sword marked on blade 51st Foot.
