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Militaria & Weapons — Shapiro Auctioneers

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Auction House: Shapiro Auctioneers
Number of lots recorded: 28
Lots with images: 26
Prices available: 28
Category: Militaria & Weapons





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*** Acar Ruth Charleville Style Musket, embellished for Militia Presentation, after an early Harpers Ferry production, dated 1818 the barrel fitted with a bayonet, steel ram rod, and later mounting leading to the action surmounted by a top jaw screw, and striking steel and pan cover, terminating to a American walnut stock, having a selection of applied metal plaques including an American Eagle mounted on a star and smaller stars along the forestock.… ***
*** Tower 19th Century 'Black Bess' Flintlock Musket, the barrel fitted with a bayonet, horn mounted ram rod, leading to the action surmounted by a top jaw screw, and striking steel and pan cover, terminating to a walnut stock, length 144 cm, overall length 178 cm. Provenance: Ken Burton c. 1980 ***
*** 17th Century Style Two Handled 'Highland' Claymore, with a lobed pommel, and leather mounted hilt, leading to a pair of forward curved quillons, with figural terminals, and a tapered blade length 146 cm ***
*** 19th Century Brass Mounted Blunderbuss, the all brass canon barrel fitted with a spring loaded bayonet, horn mounted ram rod, leading to the action fitted, marked with a crowned Bcf, a top jaw screw, and striking steel and pan cover, terminating to a walnut stock, length 69.5 cm ***
*** 19th Century Brass Mounted Blunderbuss, the all brass canon barrel fitted with a spring loaded bayonet, horn mounted ram rod, leading to the action fitted, marked with a crowned P and V, a top jaw screw, and striking steel and pan cover, terminating to a walnut stock, length 74 cm ***
*** 18th Century Venetian Schiavona, with a brass capped pommel in the form of a cat, and a leather mounted grip, and typical pierced basket hilt, and having a forward facing quillon, leading to a richly etched blade, with the full cipher of Carolus VI, and a to verso a rider astride a rearing horse, length 104 cm ***
*** I Hall of London, Pair of Antique Brass Mounted Pistols; Probably 18th Century, each with brassed barrels and actions, the latter with incised decoration emblematic of victory and stained walnut single piece grips ***
*** 19th Century Officers Royal Artillery Brass Helmet, modelled with a single horse hair plume, leading to the shaped brass helmet, with a central applied plaque bearing the cipher of the regiment, surrounded by acanthus mounts, and a leather strap; resting on later turned timber stand, height 41 cm ***
*** Military Collection of Lt. T.G.H Strehlow, including Record of service book 'S77237', Australian Service medal and other general service medal, three military photographs together with a large photography album ***
*** Antique Halberd Probably 17th Century German, with a broard facetted blade, leading to a pierced a hooked fluke and a scalloped crescent shaped axe blade, applied to the square turned shaft, height 228 cm *** N/A 
*** Pair of 19th Century Boxlock Percussion Muff Pistols, each with short barrel and scrollwork decorated action, having folding trigger, terminating in one piece walnut grips ***
*** Antique Halberd Probably 17th Century German, with a thin facetted blade, leading to a pierced a hooked fluke and a scalloped crescent shaped axe blade, applied to the square turned shaft, with applied red fabric tassels, and slight traces of gilding, heig… *** N/A 
*** Collection of War Medals, For 928 Gunner C. A. Pullen 1914-1918 War, including Royal Artillery Badge, T Rfa Kent Shoulder Brass R. A. Lanyard, boxed and in mint condition, a silver British War Medal with ribbon, bronze Victory Medal with ribbon together with L.C.C. Metropolitan Fire Brigade, Edward VII Coronation (1902), Medal and ribbon, L.C.C. Good Service medal and ribbon in case, George V Coronation (1911) silver medal and ribbon and L.C.C.… ***
*** Silver Mounted Xylonite Letter Knife, Russian, c 1915 modelled with two fox heads peering from a hedge applied to the tapering blade, stamped length 29.5 cm ***
*** Maschke, German Pickelhaube, 1916 pattern, modelled with a elongated spike, leading to a Prussian winged eagle and twin coloured cockades, one being red and white and the other being blue and white(the former denoting the national whilst the latter denotes the country of the soldier Prussia ) terminating with a leather chin strap, height 23.5 cm. Provenance, Purchased Sydney Collection c. 1982 ***
*** Solingen. 18th Century Steel Short Sword, with a facetted pommel, and a leathern or skin grip wrapped in wire, shaped knuckle guard and lobate quillion, twin pierced symmetrical shell guards, the forte of blade is blued with gold embellishments, together with its distressed silver mounted papier mache scabbard inscribed ' D Drery Chtley to his Majesty Strand', length 95 cm ***

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