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Arabian Shamshir Sword
Technology
Arabian shamshir sword. The hilt has a straight brass crossguard with round button ends and double pointed langets. The grips are bone rivetted to the tang with a brass wire bound collar and the pomme...REL/08082
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Arabian Shamshir Sword and Scabbard
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Arabian shamshir sword and scabbard. The hilt has a straight steel crossguard with round button ends and double langets. The grips are steel rivetted to the tang and the pommel is a curved bulbous des...REL/16486
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British Constabulary and Prison Warder's Sidearm and Scabbard
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British Constabulary and Prison Warder's sidearm and scabbard. The brass hilt is a D shape stirrup type guard, stamped 930, with a ribbed fishskin grip. There is a spring catch (broken) on the inner s...RELAWM19039
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British Infantry Hanger
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British Infantry Hanger. The brass hilt has a three bar half basket guard which has the outer bar broken off from the oval pommel and is engraved 94/C/1. The brass grip is a spiral design. The curved ...REL/16738
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British Pattern 1822 Artillery Officer's Sword and Scabbard : Colonel G J Johnston, Royal Australian Artillery
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Pattern 1822 Artillery Officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has a nickel plated three bar guard and backstrap. The fishskin grip is bound with silver wire and there is a brown leather sword knot att...RELAWM30904
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British Pattern 1822 Artillery Officer's sword and scabbard : Lieutenant T S Gaffikin, Victorian Military Forces
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Pattern 1822 Artillery Officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has a nickel plated (rusty) three bar guard and backstrap. The black fishskin grip is bound with silver wire. The blade has a single fulle...RELAWM15602
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British Pattern 1822 Artillery Officer's Sword : Lieutenant General Sir John Monash, AIF
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British Pattern 1822 Artillery Officer's sword. The hilt has a nickel plated steel three bar guard and checkered backstrap. The fishskin grip is bound with silver wire and has a silver plate attached ...REL/16089.001
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British Pattern 1853 Cavalry Troopers Sword : British Army
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Pattern 1853 cavalry troopers sword. Three bar cast iron hilt with a sword knot slot near the pommel and compressed black leather grips rivetted through the tang. The inside edge has been bent downwar...REL/07108
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British Pattern 1887 Heavy Cavalry Officer's Sword and Scabbard : Captain K M Wray, 1 Australian Horse
Technology
Maker: Hobson and Sons
British Pattern 1887 Cavalry Officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has a steel 'scroll' pattern guard and a black fishskin grip bound with silver wire. The back strap and pommel are checkered steel. ...REL39070
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British Pattern 1897 Infantry Officer's Sword and Scabbard : Captain G R Thompson, MC, Australian Engineers, AIF
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British Pattern 1897 Infantry Officer sword and scabbard. The hilt has a nickel plated three quarter 'scroll' pattern pierced sheet steel guard with the GVR royal cypher, stamped 760 and a checkered b...REL/13805
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British Pattern 1895 Infantry Officer's Sword and Scabbard : Captain W. J. Green, British Army Service Corps
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British Pattern 1897 Infantry Officer Sword. The hilt has a nickel plated three quarter 'scroll' pattern pierced sheet steel guard with the GVR royal cypher and has a wire bound black fishskin grip. T...REL/09526
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British Pattern 1897 Infantry Officer's Sword and Scabbard : 52 Infantry Regiment, Australian Army
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British Pattern 1897 Infantry Officer sword and scabbard. The hilt has a nickel plated three quarter 'scroll' pattern pierced sheet steel guard with the GVR royal cypher and is stamped 3MD 271 10/13. ...REL/14088
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British Pattern 1897 Infantry Officer's Sword and Scabbard Lieutenant C N E Manning, First Battalion, Western Australian Infantry
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Maker: Hobson and Sons
British Pattern 1897 Infantry Officer sword and scabbard. The hilt has a nickel plated three quarter 'scroll' pattern pierced sheet steel guard with the VR royal cypher and has a white leather sword k...REL/16928
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British Pattern 1897 Infantry Officer's Sword and Scabbard : Second Lieutenant S E Pierce, 1/4th Battalion Kings Own, Yorkshire Light Infantry
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British Pattern 1897 Infantry Officer's Sword and Scabbard. Nickel plated sheet steel guard with a crown over the GVR cypher on the front edge. The grips are brown leather bound with brass wire. The s...REL22459
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British Pattern 1897 Infantry Officer Sword and Scabbard : Indian Army
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British Pattern 1897 Infantry Officer Sword. The hilt has a three quarter 'scroll' pattern pierced sheet steel guard with the GRI Royal cypher and a wire bound fishskin grip. The straight blade is pla...RELAWM15850
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British Pattern 1831 Lord Lieutenant's Mameluke Dress Sword : Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson, Governor General of Australia
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Maker: Anderson & Son, London
British Pattern 1831 Lord Lieutenant's Dress Sword. The gilded hilt is the mameluke style with a rose, shamrock and thistle on both sides of the cross guard in silver. The plain unfullered blade, wit...REL/01108.001
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British Pattern 1897 Officer's Sword and Scabbard : Colonel H. S. Blaydes, Third Battalion, East Kent Regiment
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British Pattern 1897 Infantry Officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has a nickel plated three quarter 'scroll' pattern pierced sheet steel guard with the VR royal cypher. The grip is wire bound black...RELAWM14942
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British Pattern 1897 Sword and Scabbard : Major General J J Murray
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Maker: Fenton Brothers Ltd
British Pattern 1897 Infantry Officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has a nickel plated three quarter 'scroll' pattern pierced sheet steel guard with the GVR royal cypher and is stamped 2 D[broad arr...REL42334
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British Pattern 1827 Volunteer Naval Officer's Sword and Scabbard : Victorian Colonial Navy
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Pattern 1827 Volunteer Naval Officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt is a small silver plate solid half basket type with a the Victoria crowned anchor cartouche badge and the back edge of the guard fol...REL/19343
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British Royal Artillery Officer's Sword and Scabbard : General Sir Charles Rosenthal
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British Artillery Officer's sword and scabbard. Nickel plated steel three bar hilt and back strap with a silver wire bound fishskin grip. A brown leather sword knot is attached to the slot on the hilt...REL/19309.001
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Ceremonial sword : Captain R Wishart, Johannesburg Mounted Rifles
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Ceremonial sword with gilded brass solid half basket type hilt with Queen Victoria Royal Cypher and backstrap pommel. The back edge of the guard falls down as a clip onto the scabbard locket. The grip...REL36080.001
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Chinese Sword : Boxer Rebellion
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Chinese sword and scabbard. The hilt has an oval iron guard with a reinforced downward rim, iron collar and round pommel. The grips are two piece plain wood bound with string. The broad, slightly curv...REL/16726
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Dutch Army Officer's Sword and Scabbard
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Dutch Army Officer's sword and scabbard. The brass hilt is a P stirrup type with a lions head backstrap pommel and has plain langets. The grips are black bakelite bound with brass wire. The slightly c...REL/16480
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French Light Cavalry Trooper's Sword
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French light cavalry trooper's sword. The brass hilt is a D shape stirrup type stamped 6444 (crossed out) and 2228 right side and 1175 with three inspector's marks on the left. The grip is leather and...REL/07072
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French Model 1854 Heavy Cavalry Dragoon Sword and Scabbard
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French Heavy Cavalry Dragoon sword and scabbard. The hilt has a three bar brass guard stamped 1456 and a plain brass pommel. The grip is missing the leather cover and the brass binding wire. The strai...RELAWM12932
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French Model 1822 Light Cavalry Sabre and Scabbard
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French Model 1822 Light Cavalry sabre and scabbard. The hilt has a triple bar brass guard stamped 720 (crossed out) with 722 and a plain brass pommel. The grip is leather bound with brass wire that is...RELAWM12337
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German Artillery Sword
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German Artillery sword. The hilt is a steel stirrup type with langets on the crossguard and a rounded backstrap. The crossguard is engraved 59. The grips are black leather over wood. The curved blade ...REL/07071.001
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German Cavalry Degen Model 1889 Sword
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German Cavalry Degen Model 1889 Sword. Nickel plated sheet steel guard with the outer folding edge broken off has a leather sword knot with a white and blue tassel indicating a machine gun company. Th...RELAWM35170.001
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German Non Commissioned Officer's Dress Sword and Scabbard : German Army
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German Second World War Non Commissioned Officer's Dress Sword and Scabbard. The hilt is a chrome plated single bar stirrup type with langets over the ricasso and backstrap with ears pinned to the bla...RELAWM34385
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German Pattern 1934 Air Force Officer Dress Sword and Scabbard
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German Pattern 1934 Air Force Officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has a silver plate cross guard in the design of wings with a brass rounded swastika within a circle in the centre. The grip is blue...RELAWM35164
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German Pattern 1911 Naval Marine Artillery Sidearm and Scabbard
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German Pattern 1911 Naval Marine Artillery sidearm and scabbard. The hilt is a steel half basket, three bar guard with ribbed wooden grips and a plain backstrap. The blade with a single fuller to each...RELAWM20733
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German Third Reich Non Commissioned Officer's Sword : German Army
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German Second World War Non Commissioned Officer's dress sword and scabbard. The hilt is a chrome plated single bar stirrup type with langets over the ricasso and backstrap with ears pinned to the bla...REL/07161.001
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German Third Reich Police Officer's Sword and Scabbard
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German Third Reich Police Officer's sword and scabbard. The chrome plated hilt is a single bar 'D' section stirrup type with the green/brown grip having an acorn leaf ferrule and a gilded alloy eagle ...REL/07165
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German Third Reich Police Officer's Sword and Scabbard
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German Third Reich Police Officer's sword and scabbard. The chrome plated hilt is a single bar 'D' section stirrup type with a black painted grip having a nickel acorn leaf ferrule but the eagle and s...REL/07164
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Imperial German Model 1889 Cavalry Officer's Sword and Scabbard : Prussian Cavalry
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Imperial German Model 1889 cavalry officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has a nickel steel guard with the heraldic eagle of Prussia as the cartouche badge and a brown bakelite grip. A black leather ...REL/07282
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Imperial German Model 1889 Cavalry Sword and Scabbard : Prussian Cavalry
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Imperial German Model 1889 cavalry sword and scabbard. The hilt has a nickel steel guard with the heraldic eagle of Prussia as the cartouche badge and the grip is brown bakelite. A brown leather sword...REL/07291
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Imperial German Model 1889 Infantry Officer's Sword and Scabbard
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Imperial German Model 1889 Infantry Officer's Sword and Scabbard. The hilt has a gilded nickel steel guard with the outer folding edge having the Imperial German eagle of Kaiser Wilhelm II. The brass ...REL/07144
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Imperial German Model 1889 Infantry Officer's Sword and Scabbard
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Imperial German Model 1889 Infantry Officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has a gilded nickel steel D shape guard with the outer folding edge having the Imperial German eagle of Kaiser Wilhelm II. Th...RELAWM35168
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Imperial German Model 1889 Officer's Sword and Scabbard : Bavarian Cavalry
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Imperial German Model 1889 cavalry officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has a nickel brass guard with the heraldic lion and shield of Bavaria as the cartouche badge and has a brown bakelite grip. A ...RELAWM12955
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Imperial German Navy Officer's Sword and Scabbard
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Imperial German Navy Officer's sword and scabbard. The gilt brass hilt has a small basket guard with a folding front shell that has a crown over a fouled anchor badge and a back lock clip engraved wit...RELAWM29297
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Imperial German Navy Officer's Sword and Scabbard
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Imperial German Navy Officer's sword and scabbard. The gilt brass hilt has a solid half basket guard with a crown over a fouled anchor badge on the front and a back lock clip. The backstrap and pommel...RELAWM35396
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Imperial German Officer's Sword and Scabbard : 8 Prussian Cuirrassier Regiment
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Imperial German Officer's presentation sword and scabbard of the 8th Prussian Cuirassier Regiment. The hilt is a brass half basket, three bar guard with a leather grip bound with brass wire. A black l...REL/07292
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Indian Tulwar Sword and Scabbard
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Indian Tulwar sword and scabbard. The hilt is gold leaf decorated cast iron with a P shape knucklebow guard, a large disc pommel and pointed langets. The plain curved blade has a gilt circular sanskri...REL/11031
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Japanese Army Katana Sword Bamboo Surrender Block
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Maker: Unknown
Japanese Army katana sword and scabbard, with bamboo surrender block. The hilt has a cotton tape binding and is covered in a tight leather cover, that is cross-laced through metal eyelets. It has a ka...REL38199.002
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Japanese Army Katana Sword Leather Grip
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Maker: Unknown
Japanese Army katana sword and scabbard, with bamboo surrender block. The hilt has a cotton tape binding and is covered in a tight leather cover, that is cross-laced through metal eyelets. It has a ka...REL38199.001
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Japanese Army Officer's Kyu-gunto Sword and Scabbard
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Maker: Unknown
Japanese Officer's kyu-gunto sword and scabbard. The brass hilt has a large D shape knucklebow with a brown and blue tassel tied to it near the pommel. The grips are polished white rayskin, bound with...REL29648
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Japanese Army Officer's Shin-Gunto Sword and Scabbard : Brigadier J Field, 7 (Militia) Brigade, Australian Army
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Maker: Unknown
Japanese Shin-gunto Army officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has the standard army style gilded brass Shin-gunto fittings with cherry blossom menuki (hilt ornament) on each side of the handle under...REL34476
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Japanese Army Officer's Sword and Scabbard
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Japanese Army Officer's shin-gunto sword and scabbard. The hilt is a late Second World War type lacquered binding with blackened iron fushi kashira mountings, cherry blossom menuki and a plain oval di...REL30880
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Japanese Army Officer's Sword and Scabbard : Brigadier J Field, 7 (Militia) Brigade, Australian Army
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Maker: Unknown
Japanese Army officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has a civilian katana (sword) hilt with a copper fushi (collar) and kashira (pommel cap) which are engraved in an ivy or creeper pattern. It has br...REL34474
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Japanese Katana sword and scabbard
Technology
Maker: Kanemichi
The hilt has a copper kashira (pommel cap) which has a pressing with a mon (family crest) either of the Oda or Askura family. It has green cotton binding tape over the ray skin grip with menukis (hilt...REL38882
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Japanese Katana Sword Blade
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Japanese sword blade. It is described by Kotoken Kajihara, the Japanese sword polisher in 1983, as: "Few swords made in the Kamakura era have Ubu-Nakago. This Tachi blade was, however, made at that ti...REL/03861.002
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Japanese katana sword with scabbard
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Japanese Army katana sword and scabbard, with bamboo surrender block. The hilt has a cotton tape binding and is covered in a tight leather cover, that is cross-laced through metal eyelets. It has a ka...REL38199
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Japanese Naval Officer's Kai-gunto Sword
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Maker: Masahiro, Hattori
Japanese Naval Officer's sword (kai-gunto) . Blade tang marked Seki (Arsenal) Forges (post 1942), Mino Province, made by Masahiro. Family name unreadable. Wrapped around the tang was a postcard being ...REL/20363.001
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Japanese naval officers sword and scabbard : Lieutenant R P Cummins, 61 Battalion
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Maker: Unknown
Japanese Naval Kai-gunto officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has the standard navy style gilded copper kai-gunto fittings. It has brown tape binding over black same (ray skin) and three cherry blos...REL41096
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Japanese Shin-Gunto Officer's Sword and Scabbard : Brigadier J Field, 7 (Militia) Brigade, Australian Army
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Maker: Unknown
Japanese Shin-gunto Army officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has the standard army style gilded brass Shin-gunto fittings with cherry blossom menuki (hilt ornament) on each side of the handle under...REL34475
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Japanese Sword Scabbard
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Steel Japanese Imperial Army sword scabbard with a brown leather cover laced up at the throat and a single loose ring on a band.RELAWM27426.002
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Japanese Wakizashi Blade
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Japanese wakizashi blade. It is described by Kotoken Kajihara the Japanese polisher in 1984 as: "This sword blade has no fault. Both Jihada and Hamon are good. The inscribed signature on the tang was ...RELAWM32820.002
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Japanese Wakizashi Sword Blade : Surrendered by Abe Tadaichi, Imperial Japanese Navy Intelligence Service, to Major Phillips at Halmahera.
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Japanese Wakizashi Sword Blade with a single peg hole in the tang and a two character signature. The Japanese polisher Kotoken Kajihara described this blade in 1983 as: "Jihada and Hamon are good. Swo...RELAWM31957.002
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Japanese Wakizashi Sword Mountings
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Japanese wakizashi sword mountings. The hilt is grey leather covered over wood with a plain ribbed fushi but the binding, menuki and kashira are missing.The round tsuba is plain iron with a pierced le...RELAWM32820.001
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Montenegro Army Officer's Sword and Scabbard
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Montenegro Army Officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has a nickel plated sheet steel half basket guard with two cutouts and a plain backstrap except for a checkered thumb rest. The grip with four fi...REL/07205
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North African Nimcha Sword
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North African Nimcha Sword. The hilt has a crude iron square D shape guard with a right angle quillon and a wooden grips held to the tang with two rivets. The slightly curved blade has three narrow fu...REL/07078
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Pattern 1856 Land Transport Sword : British Army
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British Pattern 1856 Land Transport Sword. The cruciform hilt is solid brass with horizontal ribs to the grip with a straight crossguard having roundels on the ends. The plain single edge blade with a...REL/16734
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Persian Shamshir Sword and Scabbard
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Persian shamshir sword and scabbard. The hilt has a straight steel crossguard with round button ends and pointed double langets. The grips are brass and silver studded bone rivetted to the tang with s...REL/12201
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Peruvian Infantry Officer's Sword and Scabbard
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Peruvian Infantry Officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt is a nickel plated four bar half basket guard with a plain doves head backstrap and pommel. The grips are black bone bound with brass wire. A b...REL/07056
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Royal Australian Navy Sword and Scabbard : Master at Arms R Triggs, HMAS Sydney (I)
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Royal Australian Navy Master at Arms sword and scabbard. The hilt has the regulation solid half basket gilt brass guard with a folding lock back flap and a plain backstrap and pommel. The grips are bl...REL/19349.001
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Russian Pattern 1881 Cossack Trooper's Shasqua Sword and Scabbard
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Russian Pattern 1881 Cossack Trooper's sword and scabbard. The hilt has a brass ferrule and a pommel in the shape of a birds beak with a hole for a wrist strap. The wooden grips have diagonal grooves....REL/16728
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Spanish Pattern 1905 Cavalry or Mounted Police Sabre and Scabbard
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Spanish cavalry or mounted police sabre and scabbard. The hilt has a light sheet steel half basket guard with checkered black leather grips held to the tang with two rivets. The plain single edged cur...REL/07074.001
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Third Reich Army Officer's Dress Sword Scabbard
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Third Reich Army Officer's Dress Sword Scabbard. Black painted steel scabbard with a single loose hanger ring attached to a band 70 mm from the throat. Some wear to the paint near the hanger ring and ...REL/07161.002
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Turkish Cavalry Trooper's Sword and Scabbard
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Turkish Cavalry Trooper's Sword and Scabbard. The hilt is a sheet steel guard with turned edges and is pierced with a crescent moon and star. The grips are dark brown checkered bakelite held to the ta...REL/16347
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Turkish Officer's Sword and Scabbard
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Turkish Officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has a brass D shape stirrup guard, a plain brass back strap. The wooden grips with ten horizontal bands has a small piece of wood is missing from the cen...REL/08080
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Turkish Officer's Sword and Scabbard
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Turkish Officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has a brass D shape stirrup guard, a plain brass back strap and wooden grips with ten horizontal bands. A brown sword knot is attached to the hilt. The s...REL/14085