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Auction House:
Cordy's
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
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*** A Queen's South Africa medal, with ribbon to 8211 Tpr William Morris, NZMR 9th Cont. Awarded Ofs, Transvaal & SA 1902 clasps but absent. Embarked as 6381 7th Cont. Dps_pid=IE11248737 ***
*** An old Indonesian parang short sword, the carved horn handle with diamond engraved silver ferule to the steel tapered blade, single edged, the hardwood scabbard with plain silver strapping. Length overall 39.8 cm ***
*** An Indian copy of a regimental officer's sword, with brass hilt and guard, steel scabbard. Overall length 102 cm. ***
*** Brazil- Mauser M1908 bayonet, bright 11 7/8 inch single edged blade with fuller, wooden grips. Exc brass mounted leather scabbard. VGC. ***
*** British- Snider 1862 bayonet, yataghan blade, bar on band 20.5 cm muzzle ring, 22 7/8 inch blade some staining, ricasso with G Weyersberg stamp (1787-1883) Solingen. Grips good. No scabbard. GC ***
*** Indonesia, Madura kris, 20 inch blade, slightly angled double edged with clear watermelon skin pamor, fine pitting to edges. Scabbard and hilt heavily carved with faces of deities and geometrical forms. Ferrule (mendak) of brass set with coloured stones.… ***
*** English, Butler & Co. machete, folding flat 10 inch unfullered blued blade, stamped 1944, Blade folds into grip, bar spring lock blade in open position. Heavy composition grips to steel handle with small cross guard. GWO & condition. ***
*** A British Officer's 1821 pattern sword and scabbard, hilt in parts, by Hobson & Sons 94 St Martins Lane, London. Provenance: Private Estate Collection. ***
*** An early 1900 embroidered hatchment for the Wiltshire Regiment, highly colourful, featuring their flags, regimental colours and engagements they were involved in including Sevastopol, New Zealand, South Africa, etc. 57 cm x 51 cm ***
*** An Army issue pocket compass, Verner's pattern, original leather case dated 191.5 cm ***
*** Three RFC sweetheart badges, various designs. ***
*** A vintage replica of an 18th century Scottish basket hilt sword, with string grip, and decorative pierced metalwork, length 102 cm. ***
*** A Queen's South Africa medal, with one clasp and ribbon to 3761 Pte. A Greenwood, Scottish rifles (Cameronians), with clasp for relief of Ladysmith ***
*** William Slaney silver military sports medal 1899, engraved 'C.S.R. Tilly 24 May 1899' the reverse with 'Paeroa Military Sports'. Handmade. Stamped maker's name. W.27 mm. ***
*** Argentina, 1890 Mauser bayonet, clean white 15 1/2 inch blade stamped Kirchbaum & co Solingen 91883-1930) with Argetino 1891 opposite ricasso. Hook quillon to ribbed aluminium grip. Good condition, clean steel scabbard. G-VGC. ***
*** Tuareg Takouba sword, 33 1/4 inch x 1 1/2 inch wide double edged blade, each face single fullered and stamped with six crosses, rounded tip blade, steel leather covered grip and cross guard, oval door knob shaped pommel fitted with brass domes to end of… ***
*** Nepal, kukri, large 18 inch x 2 3/4 inch bright blade, double fullered, standard shape knife with carved brass mounted hardwood grip and matching hardwood hilted back knife and striker/steel. All in a black leather covered scabbard with a metal tip. GC. ***
*** A rare 19th century African Mangbetu dagger, the ivory hilt with cotton reel ribbed grip and flared ends, one chip to pommel, the flat blade tapering to a point. Congo area. 25.2 cm. ***
*** A trench Art vase made from a large calibre brass shell engraved with a trophy scene of a bombardier, a cannon, and flags of the Allies above an inscription 'Conquest of Palestine and Cyria'. Height 22.5 cm ***
*** An old Indonesian carved horn kris handle, formed as a stylised mythical creature. Mounted on a blackened steel stand. Length 11 cm ***
*** A Vickers.22LR 'take down' target rifle, Mk II, with Martini breech loading, folding aperture rear sight pivoted on the rear of the action. Provenance: Private Estate Collection. License required. ***
*** French sword bayonet for the Mannlicher-Berthier M1890 cavalry carbine, with vulcanized rubber grips, lower hook quillon, steel scabbard, length 52.5 cm ***
*** A medal group, to Eric Vernon Rogers NZEF World War I 7/2138 British War Medal and Victory Medal, World War II 577137 New Zealand Service Medal. Provenance: Private Estate Collection. ***
*** An early 20th century Japanese Type 30 1897 bayonet in scabbard, pattern 1904/05, wood grips, hooked quillion, blue fullered 40 cm blade. ***
*** An old Indonesian kris, with rosewood hilt and scabbard mouth, the scabbard covered in engraved silver metal, the double edged straight blade with double-fuller. Overall L.50 cm. ***
*** Three RFC sweetheart badges, various designs. ***
*** A teak truncheon from the 1913 Great Strike, carved with geometric designs and 'Special. 1913', (old repair), length 71 cm. Provenance: This baton was given to the vendor's grandfather James Fairfield Wills Dickson, a barrister of the High Court after… ***
*** A replica of a Scottish 18th century basket hilt sword, with leather and wire grip, pierced decoration to the basket hilt, a red tassel and matching red velvet lining, with scabbard, length 106 cm. ***
*** A pair of vintage handcuffs, with key. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection. ***
*** A German model 1898 bayonet and scabbard, some faults, metal work and wood work varnished. Overall length 52 cm ***
*** French-Gras 1878 bayonet, 20 1/2 inch T section blade, script etching to back edge, wood grips, brass pommel, steel hook quillon. All steel dark patina. No scabbard. GC. ***
*** c.1890 Indian,Talwar, 29 1/2 inch curved blade, single edged, double fullered with false edge to a spear point, armourer's mark to ricasso. All steel hilt, cross guard, langnets, knuckle bow and disc pommel. No scabbard. GC ***
*** A postcard album including World War I NZEF images, 17 real photo postcards including platoons on training Remutaka Hill (multiples of 28th with ferns adorning their lemon-squeezers), Trentham Camp (Wellington College Old Boys), 'Bill Massey's Rough's,… ***
*** A collection of English military badges, including Manchester shoulder titles, Lanc. Fusiliers, Sth. Lanc., Manchester Regts. and other cap badges, buttons, pips, sergeant stripes, etc. ***
*** Winchester Model 1904 single shot, takedown rifle, .22 Short & Long, bolt action, 21 inch barrel with silencer thread fitted. No SN ***
*** Three various medals, - 2nd Volunteer Battalion Kings Liverpool Regiment 1904, English Twenty Country Competition 1901, Royal Navy Artillery Volunteers 1887, and five county bullion badges 1900-1904 ***
*** An old African Zairean Ngombe tribal dagger, with hippo ivory handle (chipped), double edged blade with slots at the ricasso. Length 32 cm ***
*** Japanese Type 30 trainee bayonet, for use on school training rifles, c.1930s to 1945, in scabbard, length 53 cm ***
*** A German World War II M3 cap, black wool with fabric insignia. ***
*** A P1907 bayonet, the ricasso stamped MA and dated 1907, with scabbard (oval frog stud). Length 57 cm. ***
*** An old Indonesian large kris, all over fine carved detail including demon figure to the hilt, the scabbard with further demon and bird masks, traditional wavy damascene blade. Length overall 69 cm ***
*** A Queen's South Africa medal, with four clasps and ribbon, to 10081 Pte. G.H. Pearson, 55th Coy, 5th Impl. Yeo. With four clasps: South Africa 1902, South Africa 1901, orange free state and cape Colony. ***
*** A Queen's South Africa medal, with three clasps and ribbon, to 5944 Pte. E. Long, 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers. With three clasps: Wittebergen, Transvaal and Belmont ***
*** A 9ct gold World War I New Zealand 20th E (1st Battalion) reinforcement sweetheart badge, applied stamped 9ct plaque to reverse. 3.65gm. ***
*** French- Lebel 1896/93/16 bayonet, bright 20 3/8 inch cruciform blade, brass grip, no crossguard, steel tube scabbard with dark patina. GC. ***
*** Japanese, Type 30 A bayonet, 1897/1935, Tokyo/Kokura arsenal mark, 15 1/2 inch fullered steel blade in grease, some staining, hook quillon with flattened spur tip,1.5 cm muzzle ring, contoured wood grips, (decay to one) oval screws, round bird head pommel… ***
*** A British P1879 Artillery Carbine Mk.I sawback bayonet, the 20' blade double edged towards the point, knuckle bow removed and leaf spring broken, with associated yataghan scabbard. ***
*** An R.A.F Flight Lieutenant Navigator uniform, the owner flew with both 101 Squadron and 27 Squadron from June 1952 until December 1962. ***
*** World War I 1st Anzac Corps position map, at Marc 1917, No.4 Coy Xmas 1917 dinner menu card (Flanders), NZEF map of Cairo, 60+ autographs of 2NZEF members ***
*** A P1907 bayonet, the ricasso stamped Wilkinson 18, with scabbard (round frog stud), length 57 cm ***
*** An antique Belgium box lock percussion pistol, octagonal barrel, action at fault, length 16.5 cm. No license required ***
*** An early 20th century turned wood police truncheon, the tapered cylindrical shaft with a decorative transfer in gilt, blue and red ‘Gr’ below crown and ‘Edinburgh Special Constable 1914-1919’, cotton reel turned handle. Length 39 cm ***
*** The Great War Record of Service and 1914-15 Star Medal, awarded to Pte. C.H. Desmond New Zealand E.F., the record of service in burr totara and mahogany frame. ***
*** A British Pattern 1853 socket bayonet for use with the Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle-Musket, with triangular blade. Overall length 51.5 cm ***
*** A P1888 British knife bayonet, the ricasso stamped Wilkinson, London, double edged (one sharpened), with scabbard (oval frog stud). Length 44 cm. ***
*** A P1907 bayonet, the ricasso stamped MA and dated 1907, with scabbard (round frog stud). Length 57 cm. ***
*** An Indonesian kris, with wavy blade, fine wood handle, in striped grained timber scabbard with brass sheathing. Overall length 49 cm ***
*** A Remington 'Fieldmaster'.22 cal rifle, S, L or Lr, model 121, slide action tubular magazine, 1936-54. License required. ***
*** Four sweetheart badges, three Royal Flying Corps of various designs and a RNAS 'Good Luck'. ***
*** The Queen's South Africa Medal (Boer War), awarded to '9018PTE K. Stewart 1st REGT. 10th N.Z. CONT.', complete with ribbon ***
*** A large vintage Kukri knife, the horn ribs with studded decoration, traditional curved blade, leather scabbard. Length overall 68 cm ***
*** Two RFC 'Sweetheart' wings and a Royal Naval Air Service Silver Sweetheart 'wings' ***
*** Russian- 1st pattern Mosin Nagant bayonet, 1891, socket, blued 16 inch pointed tip cruciform blade, no scabbard. VGC. ***
*** Turkish- Mauser 1890 bayonet, hooked quillon, raised muzzle ring, straight single fullered 18 inch blade, ricasso stamped Simpson & Company in Turkish. Pommel stamped on right face with the rulers Toughra (mark), steel all over dark patina. No scabbard.… ***
*** German- Sabre type bayonet, 1st Pattern M1898, 20 inch pipe back, leaf tip, single fuller blade. Blade ricasso stamped Erfurt under crown. Single piece wooden grip with nine groves, short backswept quillon, steel with dark patina, 1/2 inch broken off… ***
*** Nazi Ordnungspolezei shoulder patch, Nazi Kriegsmarine bullion cap badges (2), RNZAF cloth cap badge, Rhodesia Staff Corps collar badges (2), circular cloth services insignia, Nazi and Soviet cloth cap badges (2), World War II service ribbon bars (2). ***
*** A circa 1940-1945 Sumatran Barong long knife, long heavy broad tipped 3 cm blade, rubberised hilt, the stitched leather machete scabbard of World War II type. ***
*** A large brass World War I trench Art shell case heavily worked in repousse and punch work with a scene of dogs hunting a stag in a tree landscape, dated 1917. Height 39 cm ***
*** World War I ephemera including 'Nouvelle Zelande Division' Xmas 1916 menu card, Estaires (Nord)' [Flanders], with manuscript attendees note verso, an Army message form 1917, an ANZAC commemorative lapel badge (Aust 1967), a 1916 school children's cert.,… ***
*** A Pattern 1907 sword bayonet and scabbard, for SMLE rifle. Marked Wilkinson at the ricasso and with Arabic markings to the pommel. Provenance: Private Estate Collection. ***
*** Two World War I British War Medals, to 18724 Rflm L.Turner NZEF and 18150 S/Sjt A. V. Beeson NZEF. Provenance: Private Estate Collection. ***
*** A Japanese World War II Type 30 1897 bayonet in scabbard, 2nd pattern, 40 cm blued blade, arsenal marks for Toyada Jidoshaki Siesakusho. ***
*** An Indonesian kris, with damascene double edged straight blade with Garuda finial and with decoratively embossed metal scabbard. Overall L.67.5 cm. ***
*** The medals and ephemera of Cliff Banham, a New Zealand representative soccer player who served in the Grenadier Guards during World War II. He received dispensation to leave the Guards and play for Halifax before settling in New Zealand, whom he… ***
*** A Moroccan Jambiya Koummya dagger, curved brass and silver metal embellished handle, wide pommel and hook ended sheath, the curved part of the blade double edged, length 41 cm (incl. sheath). ***
*** A scimitar, with horn hilt and aluminium guard, leather scabbard, length 60 cm ***
*** An old Indonesian carved horn kris handle, carved as a bird perched upon the back of a mythical beast, its beak clenched to the top of its head, remains of gilt to the base. Mounted on a contemporary blackened steel stand. Height 10 cm ***
*** Two small diameter cannon balls, diameters 6.5 cm and 8 cm. ***
*** Two World War I war medals awarded to Private W.F. Simpson, with ribbons attached. ***
*** A Javanese kris with straight blade, palm-wood scabbard, simple pommel with metal banding and cord binding to the hilt. Overall length 18 cm ***
*** An unusually long Maasai seme sword, with flat narrow forte extending to a spatula tip, with wooden hilt and hide covered scabbard, length 117 cm ***
*** A World War II Australian Army slouch hat and a steel helmet, complete with original lining. ***
*** Two World War I medals awarded to H. Maby, Stoker, Royal Navy, with ribbons. ***
*** A replica antique style revolver, six shot, wooden grips and gilt metal fittings, complete in red, beige lined box with key, the small. Diamond form plaque detailed 'Bka217'. No firearms licence required ***
*** Three N.Z. Machine Gun Corp. badges, World War I, for cap and shoulder ***
*** Two World War II war medals awarded to D. Matthews of the Northumberland Fusiliers, 7th Battalion, includes the 1939-45 Star and war medal. It is recorded that Matthews was a prisoner at P.O.W. Camp Stalag 344 at Lambinowice, Poland. Various printed… ***
*** Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45 '28 (Maori Battalion)', by J.F. Cody (1956) and 'Supply Company' by P.W. Yates (1955), pp. 514 and 371, red cloth binding and complete with illustrations, photos and coloured folding maps. In… ***
*** Three Royal Air Force sweetheart badges, two enamel and one marcasite and stamped silver. ***
*** Nepal, kukri knife, 11 inch x 2 1/2 inch T-back hollow forged bright steel blade, symbolic engraving to both faces. Shaped bone hilt with brass pommel and fuller. Leather covered wooden scabbard embellished with coins, brass emblems and nail work. One… ***
*** An early 20th century Arab jambiya dagger with scabbard, with 20 cm curved double edged blade, horn hilt, brass chased panel covered scabbard and belt with braided silver thread. Distressed. ***
*** A Malay parang knife in scabbard, with curved damascene blade fitted to a horn hilt and with horn mouthed rosewood scabbard. Overall 54 cm ***
*** A collection of English military badges, principally cap badges ***
*** A small sword with an early 18th century colichemarde blade, fitted with a slightly later 'theatrical' carved oak hilt, length 75 cm ***
*** Narrative of Captain James Cook's Voyages', pocket edt, 'Captain Cook's Voyages' Folio Society, 'Rifle and Tomahawk' Mona Tracy, and 'Kiwi Saga' Martyn Uren. ***
*** A collection of British World War II ephemera including Field Engineering military training pamphlets, commercial and military maps, ABCA pamphlets, unused medal ribbons, etc. ***
*** Winchester Model 1906.22 calibre slide-action takedown rifle, License required ***